Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security
Implements the final resolution of the TikTok ban, establishing the terms under which TikTok will continue operating in the United States. Requires a restructuring that gives a U.S.-based entity majority ownership and control over U.S. user data.
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
Summarizes the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act regulating TikTok and predecessors, and prior delays of enforcement.
Documents the interagency process led by the Vice President concluding that a proposed divestiture removes TikTok from foreign adversary control and resolves national security concerns.
Directs the Attorney General to enforce a 120-day enforcement delay of the Act, prohibiting DOJ from taking enforcement action or imposing penalties during this period.
Revokes a 2024 delegation memorandum and confirms that the divestiture outlined in the Framework Agreement constitutes a qualified divestiture resolving national security threats.
Reserves presidential authority to issue further orders regarding TikTok and related matters as necessary to protect national security.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.