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