Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act
- Last Action
- 9/18/2023
Actions
- 2023-09-18Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-09-18Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-09-18Introduced in House
- 2023-09-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-09-18 (00)
Combatting Foreign Surveillance Spyware Sanctions Act
This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on (1) foreign companies that develop, maintain, own, sell, lease, license, or otherwise make available spyware that allows for the targeting of U.S. government officials or personnel of the intelligence community; (2) foreign persons who sell such foreign spyware; and (3) foreign government officials (or those acting on their behalf) who use such foreign spyware.
Subjects
- Civil actions and liability
- Computer security and identity theft
- Crime prevention
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- First Amendment rights
- Foreign and international banking
- Foreign property
- Human rights
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Right of privacy
- Sanctions
- Subversive activities
- Visas and passports
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