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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 503 
To impose sanctions with respect to TikTok, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2023 
Mr. BUCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions with respect to TikTok, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No TikTok on United 
States Devices Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
TIKTOK. 
(a) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—On and after the date 
that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
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Act, the President shall exercise all the powers granted 
to the President under the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 
necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all prop-
erty and interests in property of a covered company if such 
property and interests in property— 
(1) are in the United States or come within the 
United States; or 
(2) to the extent necessary to prevent commer-
cial operation of the covered company in the United 
States, are or come within the possession or control 
of a United States person. 
(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY RE-
QUIREMENT.—The requirements of section 202 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for purposes of this section. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the President may exercise all authorities 
provided under sections 203 and 205 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The exceptions under sub-
section (b) of section 203 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) shall 
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not apply to the use by the President in carrying out 
this section of the authorities under such section 
203. 
(d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 
unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
(e) NATIONAL SECURITY AND RESEARCH EXCEP-
TIONS.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply with 
respect to law enforcement activities, national security in-
terests and activities, and security research activities, as 
provided under the standards and guidelines developed by 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
under section 102(b)(1) of the No TikTok on Government 
Devices Act (division R of Public Law 117–328). 
(f) COVERED COMPANY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered company’’ means— 
(1) ByteDance Limited, or any successor entity 
to ByteDance Limited, if ByteDance Limited or the 
successor entity— 
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(A) is involved in matters relating to the 
social networking service TikTok, or any suc-
cessor service; or 
(B) is involved in matters relating to any 
information, videos, or data associated with 
such service; or 
(2) any entity owned by ByteDance Limited or 
the successor entity that— 
(A) is involved in matters relating to the 
social networking service TikTok, or any suc-
cessor service; or 
(B) is involved in matters relating to any 
information, videos, or data associated with 
such service. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY 
POSED BY TIKTOK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-
rity Agency, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the threats to national secu-
rity posed by TikTok, including the following: 
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(1) The ability of the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China to access, directly or indi-
rectly, data of users in the United States via 
TikTok. 
(2) The ability of the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China to use data of users in the 
United States, including that of members of the 
Armed Forces, accessed via TikTok for intelligence 
or military purposes, including surveillance, micro-
targeting, deepfakes, or blackmail. 
(3) Any ongoing efforts by the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China to monitor or manip-
ulate United States persons using data accessed via 
TikTok, including a detailed account of any data 
employed for those purposes. 
(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 4. BRIEFING. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall provide to Congress a classified briefing on the imple-
mentation of this Act, which shall include a briefing on 
the report required by section 3(a). 
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