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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 7, 2025
No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act
This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to develop standards and guidance requiring removal of the DeepSeek application from federal agency information technology. Such standards and guidance also apply to any successor application developed or provided by High Flyer or entities owned by High Flyer.
DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence start-up founded in 2023 and based in Hangzhou, China. DeepSeek's chief executive officer also created High Flyer, a hedge fund that is reportedly the sole funder of DeepSeek.
People & committees
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] · D–NJ
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-07 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would require standards directing federal executive agencies to remove DeepSeek and covered successor applications or services from their information technology. The standards would preserve exceptions for law enforcement, national security, and security researchers. Agencies using an exception would have to document steps to reduce risks. These are proposed requirements, conditional on enactment.
shall develop standards and guidelines for executive agencies that require the removal of any covered application from information technology.
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.
(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.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act
Section 1 would name the legislation the “No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act.”
This Act may be cited as the No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act.
Coverage would include DeepSeek and successor applications or services developed or provided by High Flyer or an entity it owns. The bill uses definitions of “executive agency” and “information technology” from existing federal laws, which are not reproduced in the bundle.
(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.
Within 60 days after enactment, the Office of Management and Budget director would have to develop the removal standards and guidelines. The director would consult the specified federal officials and follow the referenced federal information-security requirements. This deadline concerns developing the standards.
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.
The standards would have to include exceptions for law enforcement activities, national security interests and activities, and security researchers.
The standards and guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) exceptions for law enforcement activities, national security interests and activities, and security researchers
For any use authorized under an exception, the standards would require agencies to develop and document risk mitigation actions—steps to reduce risks from that use.
for any authorized use of a covered application under an exception, requirements for agencies to develop and document risk mitigation actions for such use.
The supplied action snapshot, updated September 19, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 7, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:32:19Z. 2025-02-07: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2025-02-07: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-07. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; formal earmark status in accompanying materials cannot be assessed.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
Findings to examine
The text includes purpose- and user-specific exceptions to its main removal policy. Identifying these exceptions is not a judgment about their justification.
Law enforcement activities, national security interests and activities, and security researchers would receive exceptions from the removal standards. These exceptions are directly related to the bill's main policy. Authorized use would remain subject to agency requirements to develop and document steps to reduce risks.
shall develop standards and guidelines for executive agencies that require the removal of any covered application from information technology.
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.
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