HR 4793 United States House · 117th Congress

Protecting Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries Act

Summary

Protecting Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries Act This bill authorizes sanctions and other prohibitions relating to software that engage 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.)

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Jul 2021

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Introduced Jul 29, 2021 Last action Nov 1, 2022

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Nov 1, 2022

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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Nov 1, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

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Jul 29, 2021

Committee

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.

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Jul 29, 2021

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