,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bd1 #bjbj,mr4 
,curtis 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 
,mr4 ,phillips1 and ,mr4 ,yoho7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa to   
require information on the status of    
excessive surveillance and use of       
advanced technology to violate privacy  
and other fundamental human rights be   
included in the annual ,country ,reports
 on ,human ,rights ,practices4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,foreign ,advanced ,technology      
,surveillance ,accountability ,act4  #b4
 ,amendments to annual ,country ,reports
 on ,human ,rights ,practices ,the      
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa is   
amended as follows3 7#a7 ,in section    
#aaf 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #baean71 by adding  
at the end the following3  7h7 ,status  
of excessive surveillance and use of    

advanced technology  7#a7 ,in general   
,the report required by subsection 7d7  
shall include1 wherever applicable1 a   
description of the status of            
surveillance and use of advanced        
technology to impose arbitrary or       
unlawful interference with privacy1 or  
unlawful or unnecessary restrictions on 
freedom of expression1 peaceful         
assembly1 association1 or other         
internationally recognized human rights 
in each country1 including-- 7,a7       
whether the government of such country  
has adopted and is enforcing laws1      
regulations1 policies1 or practices     
relating to-- 7i7 government            
surveillance or censorship1 including   
through facial recognition1 biometric   
data collection1 internet and social    
media controls1 sensors1 spyware data   
analytics1 non-cooperative location     
tracking1 recording devices1 or other   
similar advanced technologies1 and any  
allegations or reports that this        
surveillance or censorship was          

unreasonable2  7ii7 extrajudicial       
searches or seizures of individual or   
private institution data2 and  7iii7    
surveillance of any group based on      
political views1 religious beliefs1     
ethnicity1 or other protected category1 
in violation of equal protection rights2
  7,b7 whether such country has imported
 or unlawfully obtained biometric or    
facial recognition data from other      
countries or entities and1 if           
applicable1 from whom2 and  7,c7 whether
 the government agency end-user has     
targeted individuals1 including through 
the use of technology1 in retaliation   
for the exercise of their human rights  
or on discriminatory grounds prohibited 
by international law1 including         
targeting journalists or members of     
minority groups4  7#b7 ,definitions ,in 
this subsection-- 7,a7 the term internet
 and social media controls means the    
arbitrary or unlawful imposition of     
restrictions1 by state or service       
providers1 on internet and digital      

information and communication1 such as  
through the blocking or filtering of    
websites1 social media platforms1 and   
communication applications1 the deletion
 of content and social media posts1 or  
the penalization of online speech1 in a 
manner that violates rights to free     
expression or assembly2 and  7,b7 the   
term extrajudicial targeted surveillance
 means the use of technology to observe 
the activities of individuals in a      
manner that unlawfully or arbitrarily   
interferes with their privacy1 such as  
through physical monitoring or the      
interception of digital communications4 
4  7#b7 ,in section #ejb;,b7b7 7#bb     
,u4,s4,c4 #bcjd7;b77-- 7,a7 by          
redesignating the second subsection 7i7 
7as added by section #abjg7;b77#b7 of   
,public ,law #aac-d7 as subsection 7j72 
and  7,b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7k7 ,status of excessive    
surveillance and use of advanced        
technology ,the report required under   
subsection 7b7 shall include1 wherever  

applicable1 a description of the status 
of excessive surveillance and use of    
advanced technology to restrict human   
rights1 including the descriptions of   
such policies or practices required     
under section #aaf7;h74  4