I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1081 
To protect Americans from the threat posed by certain foreign adversaries 
using current or potential future social media companies that those 
foreign adversaries control to surveil Americans, gather sensitive data 
about Americans, or spread influence campaigns, propaganda, and cen-
sorship. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 17, 2023 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To protect Americans from the threat posed by certain for-
eign adversaries using current or potential future social 
media companies that those foreign adversaries control 
to surveil Americans, gather sensitive data about Ameri-
cans, or spread influence campaigns, propaganda, and 
censorship. 
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 ‘‘Averting the National 
Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship 
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and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese 
Communist Party Act’’ or the ‘‘ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA 
COMPANIES CONTROLLED BY COUNTRIES OF 
CONCERN. 
(a) PROHIBITED COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that 
is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall exercise all the powers 
granted to the President under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 
all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty of a social media company described in sub-
section (b) if such property and interests in prop-
erty— 
(A) are in the United States or come with-
in the United States; or 
(B) to the extent necessary to prevent 
commercial operation of the social media com-
pany in the United States, are or come within 
the possession or control of a United States 
person. 
(2) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
PROVI-
SIONS.—The requirements of section 202 and the 
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limitations under section 203(b) of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
and 1702(b)) shall not apply for purposes of this 
section. 
(b) SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A social media company de-
scribed in this subsection is a social media company 
that meets one or more of the following conditions: 
(A) The company is domiciled in, has its 
principal place of business in, has its head-
quarters in, or is organized under the laws of 
a country of concern. 
(B) A country of concern, entity of con-
cern, or some combination thereof, directly or 
indirectly owns, controls with the ability to de-
cide important matters, or holds with power to 
vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding vot-
ing stock or shares of the company. 
(C) The company employs software or al-
gorithms controlled or whose export is re-
stricted by a country of concern or entity of 
concern. 
(D) The company is subject to substantial 
influence, directly or indirectly, from a country 
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of concern or entity of concern owing to 
which— 
(i) the company shares or could be 
compelled to share data on United States 
citizens with a country of concern or entity 
of concern; or 
(ii) the content moderation practices 
of the company are subject to substantial 
influence from a country of concern or en-
tity of concern. 
(2) DEEMED COMPANIES.—The following com-
panies shall be deemed to be social media companies 
described in this subsection as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act unless and until the date on 
which the President certifies to Congress that the 
company no longer meets any of the conditions de-
scribed in paragraph (1): 
(A) Bytedance, Ltd. 
(B) TikTok. 
(C) A subsidiary of or a successor com-
pany to a company listed in subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C). 
(D) A company owned or controlled di-
rectly or indirectly by a company listed in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C). 
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