House Passes FY21 NDAA With Anti-Ligado Language
The House voted 295-125 Tuesday to pass its FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (HR-6395) with anti-Ligado language (see 2007010070). The chamber approved a range of tech amendments Monday and Tuesday, including to ban federal employees from using the TikTok…
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app on government-issued devices (see report, July 21). Other proposals added to the measure include amendments to implement recommendations from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s March report (see 2003110076) and ones on artificial intelligence and deepfakes. The Senate, meanwhile, voted 96-4 to add an amendment (see 2007020053) to its FY21 NDAA (S-4049) to attach the text of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (Chips) for America Act (HR-7178/S-3933). Modified language from the measure was also included in HR-6395.