{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-7521","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 7521","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications, such as TikTok and any successor application or service and any other application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Ltd. or an entity under the control of ByteDance Ltd.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications, such as TikTok and any successor application or service and any other application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Ltd. or an entity under the control of ByteDance Ltd."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-03-05","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-03-13","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h86","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act","result":"Passed","yea":352,"nay":65,"present":1,"not_voting":14,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll086.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","date":"2024-03-14"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-03-13","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits distributing, maintaining, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application (e.g., TikTok). However, the prohibition does not apply to a covered application that executes a qualified divestiture as determined by the President."},{"k":"p","t":"Under the bill, a foreign adversary controlled application is directly or indirectly operated by (1) ByteDance, Ltd. or TikTok (including subsidiaries or successors that are controlled by a foreign adversary); or (2) a social media company that is controlled by a foreign adversary and has been determined by the President to present a significant threat to national security. The prohibition does not apply to an application that is primarily used to post product reviews, business reviews, or travel information and reviews."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill authorizes the Department of Justice to investigate violations of the bill and enforce the bill's provisions. Entities that violate the bill are subject to civil penalties based on the number of users."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill requires a covered application to provide a user with all available account data (including posts, photos, and videos) at the user's request before the prohibition takes effect."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill gives the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to the bill. Further, a challenge to the bill must be brought within 165 days after the bill's enactment date. A challenge to any action, finding, or determination under the bill must be brought with 90 days of the action, finding, or determination."}],"words":251},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Makes it unlawful to provide app marketplace or internet hosting services for distributing, maintaining, or updating applications operated by ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, or other foreign adversary controlled applications within the United States, unless a qualified divestiture occurs.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh#HF005F0B724D34EE5B991BAA61241C0CE"}]},"core_areas":["Prohibition on app marketplace and internet hosting services for foreign adversary controlled applications","Definition of foreign adversary controlled applications and covered companies","Qualified divestiture exemption","User account data portability","Civil penalties and Attorney General enforcement","Judicial review in the D.C. Circuit"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Makes it unlawful for an entity to provide marketplace services or internet hosting services to distribute, maintain, or update a foreign adversary controlled application for users within the land or maritime borders of the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh#HF005F0B724D34EE5B991BAA61241C0CE"}},{"text":"Defines a foreign adversary controlled application as one operated by ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, or their controlled successors or subsidiaries, or by a covered company controlled by a foreign adversary that the President determines presents a significant threat to national security.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh#HF005F0B724D34EE5B991BAA61241C0CE"}},{"text":"Begins the prohibition 180 days after enactment for ByteDance and TikTok applications, and 180 days after the President's determination for other covered companies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh#HF005F0B724D34EE5B991BAA61241C0CE"}},{"text":"Exempts an application from the prohibition if a qualified divestiture, as determined by the President through an interagency process, is executed before the prohibition begins, and ends the prohibition if one is executed afterward.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh#HF005F0B724D34EE5B991BAA61241C0CE"}},{"text":"Requires the entity that owns or controls the application to give a requesting user in the United States all available account data, including posts, photos, and videos, in a machine readable format before the prohibition applies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh#HF005F0B724D34EE5B991BAA61241C0CE"}},{"text":"Limits challenges to this Act to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, with challenges to the Act due within 165 days of enactment and challenges to actions under it due within 90 days.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh#H31900EB1DECB4FFCB1679925A52FF189"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh#HF005F0B724D34EE5B991BAA61241C0CE"},"heading":"Prohibition of foreign adversary controlled applications","effect":"Excludes from the definition of covered company any entity that operates a website or application whose primary purpose is to let users post product reviews, business reviews, or travel information and reviews.","amount":null,"quote":"The term covered company does not include an entity that operates a website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application whose primary purpose is to allow users to post product reviews"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-03-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-7521.png","v":"64e1dec3a955","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7521, 118th Congress: Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. House: 352 Yea, 65 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Mar 2024."}}