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S. 153

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 153, the Repeal the TikTok Ban Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 20, 2025 by Sen. Rand Paul (R). It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on Jan 20, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Record

Text

S. 153 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

sb153/introduced-in-senate.txt
118 S153 IS: Repeal the TikTok Ban Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-01-20
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 153  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 20, 2025   Mr. Paul  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation    A BILL
To repeal the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Repeal the TikTok Ban Act  .
2.
Repeal of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
(a)
In general
The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9901  note; division H of  Public Law 118–50 ) is repealed.
(b)
Retroactive effect
Any designation of a website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application as a foreign adversary controlled application under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9901  note; division H of  Public Law 118–50 ), whether under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 2(g)(3) of that Act, shall have no force or effect.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-01-20
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Jan 20, 2025

sb153/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (01/20/2025)

Repeal the TikTok Ban Act

This bill repeals the prohibition on distributing, maintaining, updating, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application (e.g., TikTok) and nullifies any existing designation of a website or application as a foreign adversary controlled application.

Under current law, a foreign adversary controlled application is a website or application directly or indirectly operated by (1) ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, their subsidiaries, successors, or related entities they control; or (2) a social media company that is controlled by a foreign adversary country and determined by the President to present a significant threat to national security. (Here, the term social media company excludes any website or application primarily used to post product reviews, business reviews, or travel information and reviews. The term foreign adversary country means North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran.)

Current law generally prohibits the distribution, maintenance, implementation of updates, or provision of hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application, unless an approved divestiture transaction results in the application no longer being controlled by a foreign adversary country, among other requirements.

Sponsors

Sen. Rand Paul (R) sponsors S. 153 alone.

Rand Paul

Sen. · R–KY · Sponsor

Committees

S. 153 went before 1 committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Referred To · Jan 20, 2025 · 458 Bills

Actions

S. 153 has taken 2 actions since Jan 20, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 20, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Jan 20, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 153 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 153, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 153 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Repeal the TikTok Ban Act — Display Title
  • Repeal the TikTok Ban Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to repeal the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 19 registered lobbyists who named S. 153 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Environment/Superfund, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Trade (domestic/foreign), Defense, Automotive Industry.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS—District of Columbia14—
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION—District of Columbia11—
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE)Nonprofit organization specializing in higher education student and faculty civil rights.Pennsylvania11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS14—
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION11—
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE)11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXANDER RUSS114
AUTUM LANKFORD114
KATHLEEN FOX114
KIP EIDEBERG114
NICK TINDALL114
CHRISTOPHER HANSELL112
CHRISTOPHER ANDERS111
ELLEN FLENNIKEN111
GREG GONZALEZ111
JOHN COLEMAN111
KEYARMIN HAMADANCHY111
KIMBERLY CONWAY111
MADISON ROBERTS111
NAUREEN SHAH111
NINA PATEL111
SARAH MEHTA111
TARA PALMER STUTSMAN111
TYLER COWARD111
VANIA LEVEILLE111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERSASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS2025 fourth_quarter$980K4th Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERSASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS2025 third_quarter$850K3rd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERSASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS2025 first_quarter$840K1st Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERSASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS2025 second_quarter$760K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION2025 first_quarter$560K1st Quarter - Report
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE)FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION (FIRE)2025 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 153 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 153’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

s153/policy-areas.txt
Science, Technology, CommunicationsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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