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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement Sup5 port and Transnational Repression Hotline Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION HOTLINE AND PUB2 LIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT CAMPAIGN. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 

4 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 890E. TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION HOTLINE AND 

7 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT CAM8 PAIGN. 

9 ‘‘(a) TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION HOTLINE.—The 

10 Secretary, in coordination with the Director of Homeland 

11 Security Investigations, shall establish a hotline to receive 

12 anonymous information from any United States person 

13 that believes such person is the victim of transnational re14 pression or a related terrorism threat. 

15 ‘‘(b) TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION PUBLIC SERVICE

16 ANNOUNCEMENT CAMPAIGN.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina18 tion with the Director of Homeland Security Inves19 tigations, shall direct the Office of Partnership and 

20 Engagement of the Department to conduct a public 

21 service announcement campaign educating the public 

22 on the issue of transnational repression and related 

23 terrorism threats and the resources available to vic24 tims of transnational repression and related ter25 rorism threats. 


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1 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Public service an2 nouncement campaigns under paragraph (1) should 

3 be carried out in the following languages: 

4 ‘‘(A) English. 

5 ‘‘(B) Mandarin. 

6 ‘‘(C) Russian. 

7 ‘‘(D) Farsi. 

8 ‘‘(E) Arabic. 

9 ‘‘(F) Spanish. 

10 ‘‘(G) Turkish. 

11 ‘‘(H) Hindi. 

12 ‘‘(I) Urdu. 

13 ‘‘(J) Any other language determined rel14 evant by the Director of Homeland Security In15 vestigations. 

16 ‘‘(c) RESEARCH.—Not later than one year after the 

17 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in 

18 coordination with the Under Secretary for Science and 

19 Technology of the Department, and the Director of Home20 land Security Investigations, shall, to the extent prac21 ticable, carry out research and development, including 

22 operational testing, of technologies and techniques for en23 hancing the Department’s security and situational aware24 ness support to Federal, State, local, Tribal, and terri25 torial officials relating to combating transnational represVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:50 Feb 27, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7433.IH H7433

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1 sion and related terrorism threats, in accordance with ap2 plicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil lib3 erties protections. 

4 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) AGENT OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.— 

6 The term ‘agent of a foreign government’ means an 

7 individual or entity that operates subject to the di8 rection or control of— 

9 ‘‘(A) a foreign government; or 

10 ‘‘(B) an official or entity of such foreign 

11 government. 

12 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘for13 eign government’ means the government of a foreign 

14 country. 

15 ‘‘(3) TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION.—The term 

16 ‘transnational repression’ means an action of a for17 eign government or an agent of a foreign govern18 ment that satisfies each of the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) The action involves— 

20 ‘‘(i) any effort intended to coerce, har21 ass, or digitally or physically threaten, in22 cluding by force or reasonable fear of 

23 death or serious bodily injury or imprison24 ment of a person or an immediate family 

25 member of a person, a person to take an 


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1 action in the interest of such a foreign gov2 ernment; 

3 ‘‘(ii) any effort intended to harass or 

4 coerce, including by force or fear, a person 

5 to forebear from exercising their First 

6 Amendment rights or any other right guar7 anteed to the person by the Constitution or 

8 laws of the United States, or to retaliate 

9 against a person for having exercised such 

10 a right; 

11 ‘‘(iii) an extrajudicial killing; or 

12 ‘‘(iv) any act intended to further the 

13 efforts specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii). 

14 ‘‘(B) The action is engaged in for or in the 

15 interests of such a foreign government. 

16 ‘‘(C) The action— 

17 ‘‘(i) occurs, in whole or in part, in the 

18 United States; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) is committed against a United 

20 States person. 

21 ‘‘(4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

22 ‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 

23 term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and 

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1 thorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 

2 1708(d)(10)).’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

5 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

6 890D the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 890E. Transnational repression hotline and public service announcement 

campaign.’’. 

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