Ban Chinese Communist Party Access to U.S. Military Students Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4029
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2024-03-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4029 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 21, 2024 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To prohibit the Department of Defense from offering services through, or maintaining a business relationship with, Tutor.com.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ban Chinese Communist Party Access to U.S. Military Students Act of 2024 . 2. Prohibition of Department of Defense usage of Tutor.com (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The website Tutor.com is a long-standing provider of tutoring services to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. (2) In January 2022, Primavera Capital Group, a Chinese-owned corporation associated with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, acquired Tutor.com and The Princeton Review (TPR Education LLC) from ST Unitas. (3) While providing educational services, Tutor.com collects personal data on users, such as location, internet protocol addresses, and contents of the tutoring sessions. (4) As the national security laws of the People's Republic of China require companies to release confidential business and customer data to the Government of the People's Republic of China, the United States is paying to expose the private information of members of the United States Armed Forces and their children to the Chinese Communist Party. (b) Prohibition (1) In general The Department of Defense shall— (A) cease offering services through Tutor.com not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (B) terminate any business relationships with Tutor.com as soon as legally possible. (2) Future relationships The Department shall not enter into any other relationship with Tutor.com as long as Tutor.com is owned by Primavera Capital Group or any other entity owned or controlled by nationals of the People's Republic of China.