To combat transnational repression abroad, to strengthen tools to combat authoritarianism, corruption, and kleptocracy, to invest in democracy research and development, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To combat transnational repression abroad, to strengthen tools to combat authoritarianism, corruption, and kleptocracy, to invest in democracy research and development, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients. The main policy domain is Foreign Policy, Government Operations, Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the International Freedom Protection Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section id241427aa3af8489eb1347df5c0f095f2: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: According to Freedom House’s 2023 report, Freedom in the World, democracy experienced a worldwide decline...
- Section idcc23bab840e4403c856f6ecaeda21280: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; the Committee on...
- Section id7b67d283d2a7442397f20599e6883f1e: 4. Combating transnational repression abroad Congress makes the following findings: Amidst a backdrop of global democratic decline, authoritarian governments...
- Section idc25696746b9243388790968d00052f6d: 5. Strengthening tools to combat authoritarianism The President shall consider the use of transnational repression by a foreign person in determining whether...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To combat transnational repression abroad, to strengthen tools to combat authoritarianism, corruption, and kleptocracy, to invest in democracy research and development, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Government Operations, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, To combat transnational repression abroad, to strengthen tools to combat authoritarianism, corruption, and kleptocracy, to invest in democracy research and development, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Civil society actors at UN bodies, Civil society anti-corruption organizations, Civil society organizations advocating for prisoner release
Authoritarian governments committing transnational repression, Authoritarian governments using digital surveillance, Corrupt foreign officials and kleptocrats
Department of State, Department of State and Foreign Service Officers, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Internet freedom and circumvention technology providers, Surveillance technology companies, Technology companies developing democracy tools
Positive-direction: Internet freedom and circumvention technology providers, Technology companies developing democracy tools
Negative-direction: Surveillance technology companies
Investigative journalists and independent media
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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