I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7578 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to submit a report to Congress on 
data servicing operations owned by Chinese entities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2022 
Mr. GOODEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to submit a report 
to Congress on data servicing operations owned by Chi-
nese entities, 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 ‘‘Countering Limitless 
Overtaking of User Data Act’’ or the ‘‘CLOUD Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DATA SERVICING OPERATIONS OWNED BY CHINESE 
ENTITIES REPORT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Commerce, in coordination with the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, the Federal Trade Commission, and 
the Federal Communications Commission, shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
following: 
(1) Whether any data servicing operation or 
service owned by a Chinese entity is operating in the 
United States, the laws and regulations that might 
apply to such operation or service, and any data 
servicing operation that are offered or provided to 
United States persons by the entity. 
(2) Whether any Chinese entity that provides 
products or services for a data servicing operation is 
engaged in a joint venture or servicing arrangement 
with a United States entity and the nature of such 
operations. 
(3) Whether consumers of data servicing oper-
ations have access to prominently identified informa-
tion regarding the ownership of such operations. 
(4) Whether United States entities can operate 
freely in the People’s Republic of China and what, 
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if any, restrictions apply to the services and oper-
ations of such entities. 
(5) Each country in which a Chinese entity pro-
vides equipment or services for the provision of data 
servicing operations in a third-country market and 
whether the market share of Chinese entities in 
those markets may limit, in any way, the ability of 
United States entities to operate independently of 
such operations or without the use of such services. 
(6) Any support the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China provides to Chinese entities that 
provide equipment or services for the provision of 
data servicing operations that may act as a subsidy 
for such operations or services. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Financial Services Committee, the 
Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, and the En-
ergy and Commerce Committee of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Finance Committee, Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, the Select Committee on In-
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telligence, and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
(2) CHINESE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Chinese en-
tity’’ means an entity organized under the laws of 
China or any jurisdiction within China, including a 
foreign branch of such entity. 
(3) DATA
SERVICING
OPERATION.—The term 
‘‘data servicing operation’’ means the management, 
storage, processing, and aggregation of data. 
(4) 
UNITED
STATES
ENTITY.—The 
term 
‘‘United States entity’’ means an entity organized 
under the laws of the United States or any jurisdic-
tion within the United States, including a foreign 
branch of such entity. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a citizen of the United States or an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
to the United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such entity. 
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