HR 5144 United States House · 118th Congress

GOT Act

HR 5144, the GOT Act, prohibits all federal employees, elected officials, and judges from maintaining official government accounts on TikTok or any account operated by TikTok's parent company, ByteDance. It directly affects every member of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government who uses TikTok for work-related purposes. The bill bans creating, establishing, or keeping such accounts on TikTok or equivalent platforms owned by ByteDance. This is a direct policy change to prevent federal personnel from using the platform for official business, citing national security concerns.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Aug 2023

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Introduced Aug 4, 2023 Last action Aug 4, 2023

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Aug 4, 2023

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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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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Aug 4, 2023

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