The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that forces TikTok’s Chinese Owners, ByteDance, to either sell the app, or have it be banned in the U.S., The New York Times reported.

The representatives made this decision on March 13, the Times said. The House cited concerns that TikTok’s parent company which is located in Beijing, is using the app to spy on Americans and steal their data, The Times reported.

“[Passing this bill] is a common-sense measure to protect our national security,” Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher said.

Both ByteDance and the Chinese government do not approve of this bill, exclaiming that they are very disappointed in this decision and hope the bill does not pass in the Senate, The Times reported.

This bill is assumingly part of a larger feud between the Chinese Communist party and the U.S., The Times reported.

TikTok has spent over $1 billion dollars to transport the U.S. data hard drives to Texas, in hopes to calm down lawmakers, The Times reported.

Many lawmakers are worried that this ban will infringe upon many people’s First Amendment rights, such as Florida Democrat Rep. Maxwell Frost, The Hill reported

“There are First Amendment issues [that] I see with taking away a platform that over 170 million Americans use” Frost said.