Protecting Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries Act
USA118th CongressHR-57| House
| Updated: 1/9/2023
Jack Bergman
Republican Representative
Michigan
Foreign Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Protecting Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries Act This bill authorizes sanctions and other prohibitions relating to software that engages in user data theft on behalf of certain foreign countries or entities. The President may regulate or prohibit transactions using software that engages in the theft or unauthorized transmission of user data and provides access to such data to (1) a communist country, (2) the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), (3) a foreign adversary, or (4) a state sponsor of terrorism. The President may also impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on developers and owners of software that makes unauthorized transmissions of user data to servers located in China that are accessible by China's government or the CCP. The Department of State shall report to Congress a determination regarding whether WeChat or TikTok fall within certain regulations and prohibitions, including those provided under this bill. (WeChat and TikTok are software programs developed by China-based companies.)
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
International Affairs
AsiaChinaComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightForeign and international bankingForeign propertyPolitical parties and affiliationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsSubversive activitiesVisas and passports
Protecting Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries Act
USA118th CongressHR-57| House
| Updated: 1/9/2023
Protecting Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries Act This bill authorizes sanctions and other prohibitions relating to software that engages in user data theft on behalf of certain foreign countries or entities. The President may regulate or prohibit transactions using software that engages in the theft or unauthorized transmission of user data and provides access to such data to (1) a communist country, (2) the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), (3) a foreign adversary, or (4) a state sponsor of terrorism. The President may also impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on developers and owners of software that makes unauthorized transmissions of user data to servers located in China that are accessible by China's government or the CCP. The Department of State shall report to Congress a determination regarding whether WeChat or TikTok fall within certain regulations and prohibitions, including those provided under this bill. (WeChat and TikTok are software programs developed by China-based companies.)
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Jack Bergman
Republican Representative
Michigan
Foreign Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee
International Affairs
Related Bills
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AsiaChinaComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightForeign and international bankingForeign propertyPolitical parties and affiliationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsSubversive activitiesVisas and passports