[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7433 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7433
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a transnational
repression hotline and conduct a transnational repression public
service announcement campaign, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 23, 2024
Mr. D'Esposito (for himself, Mr. Magaziner, and Mr. Pfluger) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland
Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a transnational
repression hotline and conduct a transnational repression public
service announcement campaign, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement Support and
Transnational Repression Hotline Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION HOTLINE AND PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT CAMPAIGN.
(a) In General.--Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 890E. TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION HOTLINE AND PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT CAMPAIGN.
``(a) Transnational Repression Hotline.--The Secretary, in
coordination with the Director of Homeland Security Investigations,
shall establish a hotline to receive anonymous information from any
United States person that believes such person is the victim of
transnational repression or a related terrorism threat.
``(b) Transnational Repression Public Service Announcement
Campaign.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Director of Homeland Security Investigations, shall direct the
Office of Partnership and Engagement of the Department to
conduct a public service announcement campaign educating the
public on the issue of transnational repression and related
terrorism threats and the resources available to victims of
transnational repression and related terrorism threats.
``(2) Implementation.--Public service announcement
campaigns under paragraph (1) should be carried out in the
following languages:
``(A) English.
``(B) Mandarin.
``(C) Russian.
``(D) Farsi.
``(E) Arabic.
``(F) Spanish.
``(G) Turkish.
``(H) Hindi.
``(I) Urdu.
``(J) Any other language determined relevant by the
Director of Homeland Security Investigations.
``(c) Research.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary, in coordination with the
Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department, and the
Director of Homeland Security Investigations, shall, to the extent
practicable, carry out research and development, including operational
testing, of technologies and techniques for enhancing the Department's
security and situational awareness support to Federal, State, local,
Tribal, and territorial officials relating to combating transnational
repression and related terrorism threats, in accordance with applicable
constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Agent of a foreign government.--The term `agent of a
foreign government' means an individual or entity that operates
subject to the direction or control of--
``(A) a foreign government; or
``(B) an official or entity of such foreign
government.
``(2) Foreign government.--The term `foreign government'
means the government of a foreign country.
``(3) Transnational repression.--The term `transnational
repression' means an action of a foreign government or an agent
of a foreign government that satisfies each of the following:
``(A) The action involves--
``(i) any effort intended to coerce,
harass, or digitally or physically threaten,
including by force or reasonable fear of death
or serious bodily injury or imprisonment of a
person or an immediate family member of a
person, a person to take an action in the
interest of such a foreign government;
``(ii) any effort intended to harass or
coerce, including by force or fear, a person to
forebear from exercising their First Amendment
rights or any other right guaranteed to the
person by the Constitution or laws of the
United States, or to retaliate against a person
for having exercised such a right;
``(iii) an extrajudicial killing; or
``(iv) any act intended to further the
efforts specified in clause (i), (ii), or
(iii).
``(B) The action is engaged in for or in the
interests of such a foreign government.
``(C) The action--
``(i) occurs, in whole or in part, in the
United States; or
``(ii) is committed against a United States
person.
``(4) United states person.--The term `United States
person' has the meaning given such term in section 1637(d)(10)
of the Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C.
1708(d)(10)).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 890D the following new item:
``Sec. 890E. Transnational repression hotline and public service
announcement campaign.''.
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