House GOP’s Cline Moves to Ban Use of Foreign Point-of-Sale Tech

The Defense Department would be barred from using point-of-sale technology owned and operated by companies connected to “foreign adversaries” under a bill Rep. Ben Cline is introducing Wednesday.

The measure would “prohibit the Secretary of Defense from contracting with retailers who use covered payment processing equipment, systems, or services” beginning Jan. 1, 2027 that are operated by a “country of concern,” including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

Allowing Chinese-owned and operated point-of-sale technology in Defense Department facilities increases the “risk of exposing sensitive data to our foreign adversaries,” Cline (R-Va.), who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, said in ...