“To prohibit the download or use of a Chinese application on any Federal Government device.”
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This section prohibits the download or use of covered applications—defined as those developed, owned, or controlled by entities headquartered in the People's Republic of China (PRC), PRC government- or Chinese Communist Party-controlled entities or affiliates, or determined by the Secretary of Defense to pose an undue national security risk—on federal government devices, subject to agency head-determined exceptions for required research or intelligence functions. It further requires (1) agency heads to issue cybersecurity safeguard and risk mitigation guidance for such exceptions within 270 days of enactment; (2) the Office of Management and Budget Director, in consultation with specified officials, to issue guidance within 180 days of enactment (and every 180 days thereafter) on creating and updating a covered applications list; and (3) agency heads to remove covered applications from devices within 60 days of their identification on the list. "Agency" is defined broadly to include executive branch entities (excluding D.C. and territories).