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To: MinorityRepublican

The bill is pretty specific in that it only covers a “foreign a adversary country” and specifically ByteDance (TikTok), and only requires disvestment.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/ih


14 posted on 03/13/2024 9:49:55 AM PDT by Gideon7
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To: Gideon7

Whoops, I’m wrong. They snuck in some weasel words to ban anybody:

(A) any of—

(i) ByteDance, Ltd.;

(ii) TikTok;

(iii) a subsidiary of or a successor to an entity identified in clause (i) or (ii) that is controlled by a foreign adversary; or

(iv) an entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an entity identified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or

(B) a covered company that—

(i) is controlled by a foreign adversary; and

(ii) that is determined by the President to present a significant threat to the national security of the United States following the issuance of—

(I) a public notice proposing such determination; and

(II) a public report to Congress, submitted not less than 30 days before such determination, describing the specific national security concern involved and containing a classified annex and a description of what assets would need to be divested to execute a qualified divestiture.


Part (B) sucks


15 posted on 03/13/2024 9:57:33 AM PDT by Gideon7
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