SEC. 2. AUTHORITIES TO PROHIBIT THE PROVISION OF 
SERVICES BY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO 
INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES ON THE SPE-
CIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS LIST AND 
CERTAIN OFFICIALS AND OTHER INDIVID-
UALS AND ENTITIES OF THE PEOPLE’S RE-
PUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) AUTHORITIES
UNDER
THE
INTERNATIONAL 
EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b) and except as 
provided in paragraph (2), the authority granted to the 
President by this section does include the authority to reg-
ulate or prohibit the provision by a provider of a social 
media platform of a covered service to— 
‘‘(A) an individual or entity who, pursuant to 
the exercise of authorities under part 594 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations, is on the list of spe-
cially designated nationals and blocked persons 
maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
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of the Department of the Treasury, if such provider 
knew or should have known that such individual or 
entity was on such list and that such provider was 
providing such service to such individual or entity; 
‘‘(B) an individual who is a senior official of the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China or an 
individual or entity acting at the direction of such 
individual, if such provider knew or should have 
known that such individual was such a senior official 
or such individual or entity was acting at the direc-
tion of such individual, as the case may be, and that 
such provider was providing such service to such in-
dividual or such individual or entity, as the case may 
be; 
‘‘(C) an individual who is a senior member of 
the CCP or an individual or entity acting at the di-
rection of such individual, if such provider knew or 
should have known that such individual was such a 
senior member or such individual or entity was act-
ing at the direction of such individual, as the case 
may be, and that such provider was providing such 
service to such individual or such individual or enti-
ty, as the case may be; 
‘‘(D) an individual who is a spokesperson of the 
CCP or the Government of the People’s Republic of 
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China, or an individual or entity acting at the direc-
tion of such individual, if such provider knew or 
should have known that such individual was such a 
spokesperson or such an individual or entity was act-
ing at the direction of such individual, as the case 
may be, and that such provider was providing such 
service to such individual or such individual or enti-
ty, as the case may be; 
‘‘(E) an individual or entity who is an agent or 
instrumentality of the CCP or the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China, if such provider 
knew or should have known that such individual or 
entity was such an agent or instrumentality and that 
such provider was providing such service to such in-
dividual or entity; or 
‘‘(F) an individual or entity who is or owned or 
controlled by the CCP or the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China, if such provider knew or 
should have known that such individual or entity 
was owned or controlled by the CCP or the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China and that 
such provider was providing such service to such in-
dividual or entity. 
‘‘(2) The authority granted to the President by this 
section does not include the authority to regulate or pro-
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hibit the provision by a provider of a social media platform 
of a covered service to an individual who is a senior official 
of a Government of the People’s Republic of China de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B) solely for legitimate emer-
gency alert purposes. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘CCP’ means the Chinese Com-
munist Party of the People’s Republic of China or 
any successor entity; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘covered service’— 
‘‘(i) means, with respect to a provider of a 
social media platform, any service provided by 
the provider through the platform, including a 
service that is publicly available and free of 
charge (including permitting an individual or 
entity to create or maintain an account or pro-
file); and 
‘‘(ii) does not include the ability of an indi-
vidual or entity to— 
‘‘(I) access the platform without an 
account or profile; or 
‘‘(II) send or receive private commu-
nications on the platform; 
‘‘(C) the term ‘social media platform’— 
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‘‘(i) means a website or other internet me-
dium, including a mobile application, that— 
‘‘(I) permits an individual or entity to 
create an account or profile for the pur-
pose of generating, sharing, and viewing 
user-generated content through such ac-
count or profile; 
‘‘(II) enables one or more users to 
generate content that can be viewed by 
other users of the medium; and 
‘‘(III) enables users to view content 
generated by other users of the medium; 
and 
‘‘(ii) does not include— 
‘‘(I) any such website or other inter-
net medium that serves fewer than 
100,000 users who access their account or 
profile at least once a month; 
‘‘(II) an email program, email dis-
tribution list, or multi-person text message 
group; 
‘‘(III) a website or other internet me-
dium that is primarily for the purpose of 
internet commerce; 
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‘‘(IV) a software application (includ-
ing a mobile application) used solely to 
communicate with others through instant 
messages, audio calls, video calls, or any 
combination thereof; or 
‘‘(V) a website or other internet me-
dium the primary purpose of which is— 
‘‘(aa) to allow users to post prod-
uct reviews, business reviews, or travel 
information and reviews; or 
‘‘(bb) to provide emergency alert 
services; 
‘‘(D) the term ‘senior official of the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China’ includes— 
‘‘(i) each member of the State Council, in-
cluding the Premier, Vice Premiers, and State 
Councillors; 
‘‘(ii) the minister and vice ministers of the 
Ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Defense, 
State Security, Justice, Public Security, and 
other ministries; 
‘‘(iii) the director, deputy director, or any 
other high ranking official of the Hong Kong 
and Macau Affairs Office, the Liaison Office of 
the Central People’s Government in the Hong 
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Kong Special Administrative Region, the Liai-
son Office of the Central People’s Government 
in the Macau Special Administrative Region, 
the Office for Safeguarding National Security 
of the Central People’s Government in the 
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the 
State Council Research Office, the Overseas 
Chinese Affairs Office, the Taiwan Affairs Of-
fice, the Cyberspace Administration of China, 
the State Council Information Office, the 
Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese Academy of 
Social Sciences, the China Media Group, the 
National Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Na-
tional Radio and Television Administration, and 
the National Press and Publication Administra-
tion; 
‘‘(iv) any other high ranking official in the 
defense, security, or foreign affairs apparatus of 
the government, including any ambassador and 
any spokesman of any government agency or 
department; and 
‘‘(v) any other official that the President 
determines to be a ‘senior official’ for purposes 
of this subparagraph; and 
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‘‘(E) the term ‘senior member of the CCP’ in-
cludes each member of the CCP Central Committee, 
including each member of the CCP Politburo (in-
cluding the Politburo Standing Committee and the 
General Secretary), the Central Military Commission 
(CMC), the Secretariat of the Central Committee, 
the Central National Security Commission, Leading 
Small Groups and their related work offices, the 
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the 
General Office, the Organization Department, the 
Publicity Department, the International Liaison De-
partment, the United Front Work Department, the 
External Propaganda Office of the Chinese Com-
munist Party Central Committee, the People’s Daily, 
the Central Party School, the Central Policy Re-
search Office, the Central Taiwan Work Office, and 
any other central-level CCP body.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date that 
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), 
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prohibit the provision by a provider of a social media 
platform of a covered service to any individual or en-
tity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), 
(E), or (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of sec-
tion 203 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 
prohibition required by this subsection with respect 
to an individual or entity if the President certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China and 
the Chinese Communist Party have verifiably re-
moved prohibitions on officials of the United States 
Government from accessing, using, or participating 
in social media platforms in the People’s Republic of 
China, including by removing all forms of censorship 
that prohibit persons in the People’s Republic of 
China from accessing social media platforms or view-
ing content generated by such United States Gov-
ernment officials or United States persons on social 
media platforms. 
(3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
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U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of regulations promulgated to carry out 
this subsection or the sanctions imposed pursuant to 
this subsection to the same extent that such pen-
alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 
act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 
(c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall, not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, prescribe regulations as necessary for 
the implementation of this section and the amend-
ments made by this section. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESS.—No later 
than 10 days before the prescription of regulations 
under paragraph (1), the President shall notify the 
appropriate congressional committees regarding the 
proposed regulations and the provisions this section 
and the amendments made by this section that the 
regulations are implementing. 
(d) SUNSET.—The President’s authority to issue 
waivers or licenses with respect to sanctions required by 
subsection (b) or pursuant to sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) with regard to prohibitions re-
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quired by subsection (b) shall cease to apply beginning on 
the date that is 2 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED
SERVICE; SOCIAL
MEDIA
PLAT-
FORM.—The terms ‘‘covered service’’ and ‘‘social 
media platform’’ have the meanings given the terms 
in subsection (c) of section 203 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702), 
as added by subsection (a) of this section. 
Æ 
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