,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,evans of ,colorado 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,pfluger1 and ,mr4 ,magaziner7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security1 and in addition to the      
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,homeland ,security ,act of   
#bjjb to conduct a law enforcement      
support and counter transnational       
repression public service announcement  
campaign1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,law ,enforcement ,support and      
,counter ,transnational ,repression     
,act4  #b4 ,law enforcement support and 
counter transnational repression public 
service announcement campaign  7a7 ,in  

general ,subtitle ,h of title ,,viii of 
the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb   
7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #dea et seq47 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #hij;,e4 ,law enforcement     
support and counter transnational       
repression public service announcement  
campaign  7a7 ,campaign  7#a7 ,in       
general ,the ,secretary shall direct the
 ,office of ,partnership and ,engagement
 of the ,department to conduct a public 
service announcement campaign educating 
the public and international allies on  
the issue of transnational repression   
and terrorism threats related to        
transnational repression and the        
resources available to victims of       
transnational repression and terrorism  
threats related to transnational        
repression1 including the appropriate   
manners of contacting the ,federal      
,bureau of ,investigation to anonymously
 report suspected acts of transnational 
repression and terrorism threats related
 to transnational repression4  7#b7     

,implementation ,public service         
announcement campaigns under paragraph  
7#a7 should be carried out in languages 
determined relevant by the ,secretary4  
7b7 ,research ,not later than one year  
after the date of the enactment of this 
section1 the ,secretary1 in coordination
 with the ,under ,secretary for ,science
 and ,technology of the ,department1    
shall1 to the extent practicable1 carry 
out research and development1 including 
operational testing1 of technologies and
 techniques for enhancing the           
,department's support to ,federal1      
,state1 local1 ,tribal1 and territorial 
officials relating to countering        
transnational repression and terrorism  
threats related to transnational        
repression1 in accordance with          
applicable constitutional1 privacy1     
civil rights1 and civil liberties       
protections4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3  7#a7 ,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-- 7,a7 a foreign          
government2 or  7,b7 an official or     
entity of such foreign government4  7#b7
 ,foreign government ,the term foreign  
government means the government of a    
foreign country4  7#c7 ,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   
following3 7,a7 ,the action involves--  
7i7 any effort intended to coerce1      
harass1 or digitally or physically      
threaten1 including by force or         
reasonable fear of death or serious     
bodily injury or imprisonment of a      
person or an immediate family member of 
a person1 a person to take an action in 
the interest of such a foreign          
government2  7ii7 any effort intended to
 harass or coerce1 including by force or
 fear1 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 ,states1 or to retaliate 
against a person for having exercised   
such a right2  7iii7 an extrajudicial   
killing2 or  7iv7 any act intended to   
further the efforts specified in clause 
7i71 7ii71 or 7iii74  7,b7 ,the action  
is engaged in for or in the interests of
 such a foreign government4  7,c7 ,the  
action--  7i7 occurs1 in whole or in    
part1 in the ,united ,states2 or  7ii7  
is committed against a ,united ,states  
person4  7#d7 ,united ,states person    
,the term ,united ,states person has the
 meaning given such term in section     
#afcg7;d77#aj7 of the ,carl ,levin and  
,howard ,p4 ,buck ,mc,keon ,national    
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 year #bjae 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4              
#agjh7;d77#aj774  4  7b7 ,clerical      
amendment ,the table of contents in     
section #a7;b7 of the ,homeland         
,security ,act of #bjjb is amended by   
inserting after the item relating to    
section #hij;,d the following new item3 

,sec4 #hij;,e4 ,law enforcement support 
and counter transnational repression    
public service announcement campaign4  4