No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act

No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act

This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to develop standards and guidance requiring removal of the DeepSeek application from federal agency information technology. Such standards and guidance also apply to any successor application developed or provided by High Flyer or entities owned by High Flyer. 

DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence start-up founded in 2023 and based in Hangzhou, China. DeepSeek's chief executive officer also created High Flyer, a hedge fund that is reportedly the sole funder of DeepSeek.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1121 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1121

  To prohibit the use of DeepSeek by the executive agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2025

      Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. 
Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Vindman, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Deluzio, 
 Ms. Tenney, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. 
   Davis of North Carolina, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, Mr. Moore of Utah, and Mr. Torres of New York) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the use of DeepSeek by the executive agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No DeepSeek on Government Devices 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF DEEPSEEK.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered application.--The term ``covered application'' 
        means the DeepSeek application or any successor application or 
        service developed or provided by High Flyer or an entity owned 
        by High Flyer.
            (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United 
        States Code.
            (3) Information technology.--The term ``information 
        technology'' has the meaning given that term in section 11101 
        of title 40, United States Code.
    (b) Prohibition on the Use of DeepSeek.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator 
        of General Services, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
        Infrastructure Security Agency, the Director of National 
        Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense, and consistent with 
        the information security requirements under subchapter II of 
        chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall develop 
        standards and guidelines for executive agencies that require 
        the removal of any covered application from information 
        technology.
            (2) National security and research exceptions.--The 
        standards and guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                    (A) exceptions for law enforcement activities, 
                national security interests and activities, and 
                security researchers; and
                    (B) for any authorized use of a covered application 
                under an exception, requirements for agencies to 
                develop and document risk mitigation actions for such 
                use.
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