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HR 2158 Cleared committee

Establishes a Transnational Repression Working Group within the Department of Homeland Security to analyze and monitor threats from foreign governments and their agents that intimidate, harass, or harm people in the United States and abroad.

Official title: Countering Transnational Repression Act of 2025

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
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House
Introduced 14-MAR-2025
Referred 14-MAR-2025
Approved by committee 09-APR-2025
Key points
  • Creates the Transnational Repression Working Group within DHS, coordinated with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and led by a director appointed by the Director of Homeland Security Investigations.
  • Requires an annual report to the House and Senate Homeland Security committees on transnational repression incidents in the prior 12 months, for seven years.
  • Directs research on technologies and techniques to support federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial officials, and sunsets the working group seven years after enactment.
  • Requires all activities to follow constitutional, privacy, and civil liberties protections and bars infringing on the lawful exercise of free speech by U.S. persons.
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Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor August Pfluger (R-TX) Cosponsors · 8
■ 7 R■ 1 D
1 Democrat