Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced a legislative hearing titled “Legislation to Protect American Data and National Security from Foreign Adversaries.” 

Chair Rodgers released the following statement on H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act:

“At our hearing last year with the CEO of TikTok, we saw a company that was repeatedly caught lying about its relationship with ByteDance and the Chinese Communist Party. It confirmed our worst fears—that applications controlled by foreign adversaries, like TikTok, are exploiting and weaponizing American’s data and pose a clear national security threat to the United States. I look forward to holding this hearing to discuss bipartisan legislation that takes decisive action to protect Americans and prevent foreign adversaries, such as China, from targeting, surveilling, and manipulating the American people through online applications like TikTok.” 

Chair Rodgers released the following statement on H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024: 

“Data brokers are harvesting people's sensitive data, selling or sharing it without their knowledge, and failing to keep it secure. They do this while denying people any say over if and where such personal data is sold and shared, and often without safeguards against foreign adversaries who would use it for nefarious purposes. We look forward to discussing bipartisan legislation to limit how data brokers share people’s sensitive information abroad.” 

Full Committee Legislative Hearing titled “Legislation to Protect American Data and National Security from Foreign Adversaries.” 

WHAT: Legislative hearing on bipartisan solutions to protect Americans’ personal data and prevent foreign adversaries, such as China, from targeting, surveilling, and manipulating the American people through online applications like TikTok. 

DATE: Thursday, March 7, 2024 

TIME: 10:00 A.M. ET

LOCATION: 2322 Rayburn House Office Building 

NOTE: A motion to go into a classified executive session is expected. Should the Committee enter into a classified executive session, a brief recess would follow and a room change would be announced.   

Legislation to be considered: 

• H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act  
• H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 

This notice is at the direction of the Chair. The hearing will be open to the public and press and will be live streamed online at https://energycommerce.house.gov/. If you have any questions concerning the hearing, please contact Noah Jackson at Noah.Jackson@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Sean Kelly at Sean.Kelly@mail.house.gov.