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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2139
5	5	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary
6	6	of Homeland Security to prioritize strengthening of State and local
7	7	law enforcement capabilities to combat transnational repression and ter-
8	8	rorism threats related to transnational repression, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	MARCH14, 2025
11	11	Mr. M
12	12	AGAZINER(for himself, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. GOLDMANof New York, and
13	13	Mr. E
14	14	VANSof Colorado) introduced the following bill; which was referred
15	15	to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Com-
16	16	mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by
17	17	the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
18	18	in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
19	19	A BILL
20	20	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require
21	21	the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize
22	22	strengthening of State and local law enforcement capa-
23	23	bilities to combat transnational repression and terrorism
24	24	threats related to transnational repression, and for other
25	25	purposes.
26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
27	27	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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31	31	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
32	32	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening State 2
33	33	and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression 3
34	34	Act’’. 4
35	35	SEC. 2. COUNTERING TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION. 5
36	36	(a) I
37	37	NGENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 6
38	38	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) 7
39	39	is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 8
40	40	‘‘SEC. 890E. STRENGTHENING STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN-9
41	41	FORCEMENT EFFORTS TO COUNTER 10
42	42	TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION AND TER-11
43	43	RORISM THREATS RELATED TO 12
44	44	TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION. 13
45	45	‘‘(a) I
46	46	NGENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 14
47	47	with public and private sector stakeholders, shall, in a 15
48	48	manner consistent with the protection of privacy rights, 16
49	49	civil rights, and civil liberties, develop, through the Fed-17
50	50	eral Law Enforcement Training Centers and in coordina-18
51	51	tion with the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law 19
52	52	Enforcement and the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 20
53	53	Analysis, a training program to enhance the capabilities 21
54	54	of State, local, Tribal, campus, and territorial law enforce-22
55	55	ment personnel, including personnel of the National Net-23
56	56	work of Fusion Centers, to counter transnational repres-24
57	57	sion and terrorism threats related to transnational repres-25
58	58	sion. 26
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62	62	‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The training program devel-1
63	63	oped pursuant to subsection (a) shall relate to the fol-2
64	64	lowing: 3
65	65	‘‘(1) Identifying instances of transnational re-4
66	66	pression and terrorism threats related to 5
67	67	transnational repression. 6
68	68	‘‘(2) Types of information that should be col-7
69	69	lected and recorded in information technology sys-8
70	70	tems to help identify suspected perpetrators of 9
71	71	transnational repression and terrorism threats re-10
72	72	lated to transnational repression. 11
73	73	‘‘(3) Types of information that should be 12
74	74	shared routinely with the private sector, including 13
75	75	faith-based organizations, educational institution au-14
76	76	thorities, and communities that may be targets or 15
77	77	are victims of transnational repression and terrorism 16
78	78	threats related to transnational repression. 17
79	79	‘‘(4) Identifying suspected targets or victims of 18
80	80	transnational repression and terrorism threats re-19
81	81	lated to transnational repression. 20
82	82	‘‘(5) Personal safety best practices for individ-21
83	83	uals and communities that may be targets or are vic-22
84	84	tims of transnational repression and terrorism 23
85	85	threats related to transnational repression to prevent 24
86	86	and mitigate transnational repression and terrorism 25
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90	90	threats related to transnational repression and en-1
91	91	sure that such targets and victims are afforded 2
92	92	prompt information about and access to victim sup-3
93	93	port resources, including such resources offered by 4
94	94	the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen-5
95	95	cy, United States Citizenship and Immigration Serv-6
96	96	ices, and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Lib-7
97	97	erties, to address the immediate and long-term needs 8
98	98	of such targets and victims. 9
99	99	‘‘(c) P
100	100	ROVISION OFCERTAINTRAININGS.—Trainings 10
101	101	developed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be provided by 11
102	102	the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers or an-12
103	103	other office or component of the Department if the Direc-13
104	104	tor of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers de-14
105	105	termines such other office or component is accredited by 15
106	106	the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation 16
107	107	Model Practice Clearinghouse or pursuant to a substan-17
108	108	tially similar process. 18
109	109	‘‘(d) C
110	110	OMMUNITYAWARENESSBRIEFINGS.—The As-19
111	111	sistant Secretary of Partnership and Engagement and the 20
112	112	Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, in coordination 21
113	113	with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, 22
114	114	as appropriate, shall engage with State, local, Tribal, cam-23
115	115	pus, and territorial law enforcement personnel, including 24
116	116	personnel of the National Network of Fusion Centers, and 25
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120	120	individuals and communities that may be targets or are 1
121	121	victims of transnational repression and terrorism threats 2
122	122	related to transnational repression, including by informing 3
123	123	such individuals and communities about how to identify 4
124	124	transnational repression and terrorism threats related to 5
125	125	transnational repression and protect against transnational 6
126	126	repression and terrorism threats related to transnational 7
127	127	repression. 8
128	128	‘‘(e) D
129	129	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
130	130	‘‘(1) P
131	131	ERSONAL SAFETY BEST PRACTICES .— 10
132	132	The term ‘personal safety best practices’ means 11
133	133	measures for enhancing individuals’ and commu-12
134	134	nities’ physical security, situational awareness, and 13
135	135	online security. 14
136	136	‘‘(2) T
137	137	RANSNATIONAL REPRESSION .—The term 15
138	138	‘transnational repression’ means an action of a for-16
139	139	eign government or an agent of a foreign govern-17
140	140	ment that satisfies each of the following: 18
141	141	‘‘(A) The action involves any of the fol-19
142	142	lowing: 20
143	143	‘‘(i) Any effort intended to coerce, 21
144	144	harass, or digitally or physically threaten, 22
145	145	including by force or reasonable fear of 23
146	146	death or serious bodily injury or imprison-24
147	147	ment of a person or an immediate family 25
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151	151	member of a person, a person to take an 1
152	152	action in the interest of such a foreign gov-2
153	153	ernment. 3
154	154	‘‘(ii) Any effort intended to harass or 4
155	155	coerce, including by force or reasonable 5
156	156	fear of death or serious bodily injury or 6
157	157	imprisonment, a person to forebear from 7
158	158	exercising the First Amendment rights of 8
159	159	such person or any other right guaranteed 9
160	160	to the person by the Constitution or laws 10
161	161	of the United States, or to retaliate 11
162	162	against a person for having exercised such 12
163	163	a right. 13
164	164	‘‘(iii) An extrajudicial killing. 14
165	165	‘‘(iv) Any act intended to further the 15
166	166	efforts specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii). 16
167	167	‘‘(B) The action is engaged in for or in the 17
168	168	interests of such a foreign government. 18
169	169	‘‘(C) The action— 19
170	170	‘‘(i) occurs, in whole or in part, in the 20
171	171	United States; or 21
172	172	‘‘(ii) is committed against a United 22
173	173	States person. 23
174	174	‘‘(3) U
175	175	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 24
176	176	‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 25
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180	180	term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and 1
181	181	Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Au-2
182	182	thorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 3
183	183	1708(d)(10)).’’. 4
184	184	(b) R
185	185	ESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary 5
186	186	of Homeland Security shall, to the extent practicable, co-6
187	187	ordinate with the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-7
188	188	nology and the Assistant Secretary for State and Local 8
189	189	Law Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Secu-9
190	190	rity to— 10
191	191	(1) carry out research and development of a 11
192	192	technology to enhance participation rates in training 12
193	193	offered to other State, local, Tribal, campus, and 13
194	194	territorial law enforcement personnel, including per-14
195	195	sonnel of the National Network of Fusion Centers, 15
196	196	for the purpose of enhancing domestic preparedness 16
197	197	for and collective response to transnational repres-17
198	198	sion and terrorism threats related to transnational 18
199	199	repression and other homeland security threats; and 19
200	200	(2) share information relating to researching 20
201	201	and developing methods for identifying instances, 21
202	202	suspected targets, and victims of transnational re-22
203	203	pression and terrorism threats related to 23
204	204	transnational repression, and methods for collecting 24
205	205	and recording information to help identify suspected 25
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209	209	perpetrators of transnational repression and ter-1
210	210	rorism threats related to transnational repression. 2
211	211	(c) C
212	212	OMPTROLLER GENERALREVIEW.—Not later 3
213	213	than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 4
214	214	the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 5
215	215	to Congress a report on the implementation of section 6
216	216	890E of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 7
217	217	by subsection (a). 8
218	218	(d) C
219	219	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 9
220	220	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 10
221	221	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 11
222	222	890D the following new item: 12
223	223	‘‘Sec. 890E. Strengthening State and local law enforcement efforts to counter
224	224	transnational repression and terrorism threats related to
225	225	transnational repression.’’.
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