Transnational Repression Policy Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates u.S. policy to protect persons from transnational repression by foreign governments, encourage cooperation with allies, and pursue criminal prosecutions of foreign agents, defines definition of transnational repression as tactics by foreign governments or their agents/proxies to intimidate, silence, harass, coerce, or harm individuals beyond their borders, and mandates interagency strategy to increase awareness, raise costs for perpetrator governments, expand multilateral coalitions, engage foreign missions, and support public diplomacy against transnational repression. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, appropriations, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Civil Rights, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice, and Technology.
Who Benefits and How
Communities targeted by transnational repression in the U.S. could face reduced risk, Diaspora and exile communities in the U.S. could face reduced risk, and Diaspora communities and political dissidents in the U.S. could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal law enforcement agencies (FBI, DHS, ICE, CBP) would take on compliance duties, Dual-use spyware technology exporters would take on compliance duties, and Department of State would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates u.S. policy to protect persons from transnational repression by foreign governments, encourage cooperation with allies, and pursue criminal prosecutions of foreign agents.
- Defines definition of transnational repression as tactics by foreign governments or their agents/proxies to intimidate, silence, harass, coerce, or harm individuals beyond their borders.
- Mandates interagency strategy to increase awareness, raise costs for perpetrator governments, expand multilateral coalitions, engage foreign missions, and support public diplomacy against transnational repression.
- Provides training for State Department personnel, DOJ, DHS, FBI, INTERPOL Washington, and federal/state/local law enforcement on transnational repression tactics, digital surveillance tools, and vulnerable communities...
- Mandates DOJ toolkit for assisting transnational repression victims, FBI community outreach, congressional caseworker trainings, and assessment of data misuse by repressive governments including dual-use spyware exports...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates u.S. policy to protect persons from transnational repression by foreign governments, encourage cooperation with allies, and pursue criminal prosecutions of foreign agents, defines definition of transnational repression as tactics by foreign governments or their agents/proxies to intimidate, silence, harass, coerce, or harm individuals beyond their borders, and mandates interagency strategy to increase awareness, raise costs for perpetrator governments, expand multilateral coalitions, engage foreign missions, and support public diplomacy against transnational repression.
Key Policy Areas
Civil Rights, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice, Technology
Primary Purpose
The bill creates u.S. policy to protect persons from transnational repression by foreign governments, encourage cooperation with allies, and pursue criminal prosecutions of foreign agents, defines definition of transnational repression as tactics by foreign governments or their agents/proxies to intimidate, silence, harass, coerce, or harm individuals beyond their borders, and mandates interagency strategy to increase awareness, raise costs for perpetrator governments, expand multilateral coalitions, engage foreign missions, and support public diplomacy against transnational repression.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Communities targeted by transnational repression in the U.S.
- Diaspora and exile communities in the U.S.
- Diaspora communities and political dissidents in the U.S.
- Communities vulnerable to transnational repression
- International human rights organizations
Identified Costs
- Federal law enforcement agencies (FBI, DHS, ICE, CBP)
- Dual-use spyware technology exporters
- Department of State
- Department of Justice and FBI
- Foreign governments perpetrating transnational repression
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. McGovern) …
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional caseworker staff, Department of Justice and FBI, Department of State
Positive-direction: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Negative-direction: Congressional caseworker staff, Department of Justice and FBI, Department of State, Department of State personnel, Federal law enforcement agencies (FBI, DHS, ICE, CBP)
Communities targeted by transnational repression in the U.S., Communities vulnerable to transnational repression, Diaspora and exile communities in the U.S.
Foreign governments engaging in transnational repression, Foreign governments perpetrating transnational repression
Unregistered foreign agents operating in the U.S.
International human rights organizations
Data brokers selling personally identifiable information to repressive governments
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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