But the choice of which bills will advance through a committee is made by each committee's chairman, so McCaul's sponsorship is effectively all the bill needs. Typically, a bill this new, with only one sponsor, would not move to committee votes just days after it was introduced. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., renewed calls for a complete nationwide ban in January.The bill that could ultimately ensnare TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, only has one sponsor, the committee's newly seated Republican chairman, Texas Rep.
Congress banned TikTok from government devices as part of a bipartisan spending bill in December, several governors have removed the app from state computer networks -including at public universities - and Sen. officials, as former President Donald Trump declared his intention to ban the app by executive action in 2020. TikTok is no stranger to challenges from U.S.
If it did pass the Senate, Biden would still need to decide whether to veto it or sign it. The bill passed the Republican-controlled committee 24-16 along party lines, with unanimous GOP support and no Democratic votes.īut even with the legislation that came before the committee last week, lawmakers have a long way to go before any real ban could be implemented.Īssuming this bill gets through the Republican-controlled House, the Democratic-majority Senate would have to pass some version of it, which will be a challenge based on the opposition that has already been voiced by some Democrats. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would grant President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok.
"They are taking data from Americans, not keeping it safe, but what worries me more with TikTok is that this can be a propaganda tool," he told "Fox News Sunday." John Thune, R-S.D., adding that he is concerned over the type of content that Americans are seeing on TikTok. Warner said he is working on the bill with Sen.
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