SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening State 
and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COUNTERING TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 890E. STRENGTHENING STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
EFFORTS 
TO 
COUNTER 
TRANSNATIONAL 
REPRESSION 
AND 
TER-
RORISM 
THREATS 
RELATED 
TO 
TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with public and private sector stakeholders, shall, in a 
manner consistent with the protection of privacy rights, 
civil rights, and civil liberties, develop, through the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Centers and in coordina-
tion with the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law 
Enforcement and the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis, a training program to enhance the capabilities 
of State, local, Tribal, campus, and territorial law enforce-
ment personnel, including personnel of the National Net-
work of Fusion Centers, to counter transnational repres-
sion and terrorism threats related to transnational repres-
sion. 
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‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The training program devel-
oped pursuant to subsection (a) shall relate to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Identifying instances of transnational re-
pression 
and 
terrorism 
threats 
related 
to 
transnational repression. 
‘‘(2) Types of information that should be col-
lected and recorded in information technology sys-
tems to help identify suspected perpetrators of 
transnational repression and terrorism threats re-
lated to transnational repression. 
‘‘(3) Types of information that should be 
shared routinely with the private sector, including 
faith-based organizations, educational institution au-
thorities, and communities that may be targets or 
are victims of transnational repression and terrorism 
threats related to transnational repression. 
‘‘(4) Identifying suspected targets or victims of 
transnational repression and terrorism threats re-
lated to transnational repression. 
‘‘(5) Personal safety best practices for individ-
uals and communities that may be targets or are vic-
tims of transnational repression and terrorism 
threats related to transnational repression to prevent 
and mitigate transnational repression and terrorism 
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threats related to transnational repression and en-
sure that such targets and victims are afforded 
prompt information about and access to victim sup-
port resources, including such resources offered by 
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen-
cy, United States Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices, and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Lib-
erties, to address the immediate and long-term needs 
of such targets and victims. 
‘‘(c) PROVISION OF CERTAIN TRAININGS.—Trainings 
developed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be provided by 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers or an-
other office or component of the Department if the Direc-
tor of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers de-
termines such other office or component is accredited by 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation 
Model Practice Clearinghouse or pursuant to a substan-
tially similar process. 
‘‘(d) COMMUNITY AWARENESS BRIEFINGS.—The As-
sistant Secretary of Partnership and Engagement and the 
Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, in coordination 
with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, 
as appropriate, shall engage with State, local, Tribal, cam-
pus, and territorial law enforcement personnel, including 
personnel of the National Network of Fusion Centers, and 
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individuals and communities that may be targets or are 
victims of transnational repression and terrorism threats 
related to transnational repression, including by informing 
such individuals and communities about how to identify 
transnational repression and terrorism threats related to 
transnational repression and protect against transnational 
repression and terrorism threats related to transnational 
repression. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) PERSONAL
SAFETY
BEST
PRACTICES.— 
The term ‘personal safety best practices’ means 
measures for enhancing individuals’ and commu-
nities’ physical security, situational awareness, and 
online security. 
‘‘(2) TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION.—The term 
‘transnational repression’ means an action of a for-
eign government or an agent of a foreign govern-
ment that satisfies each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The action involves any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 imprison-
ment of a person or an immediate family 
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member of a person, a person to take an 
action in the interest of such a foreign gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(ii) Any effort intended to harass or 
coerce, including by force or reasonable 
fear of death or serious bodily injury or 
imprisonment, a person to forebear from 
exercising the First Amendment rights of 
such person 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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(3) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 
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term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 
1708(d)(10)).’’. 
(b) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall, to the extent practicable, co-
ordinate with the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology and the Assistant Secretary for State and Local 
Law Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity to— 
(1) carry out research and development of a 
technology to enhance participation rates in training 
offered to other State, local, Tribal, campus, and 
territorial law enforcement personnel, including per-
sonnel of the National Network of Fusion Centers, 
for the purpose of enhancing domestic preparedness 
for and collective response to transnational repres-
sion and terrorism threats related to transnational 
repression and other homeland security threats; and 
(2) share information relating to researching 
and developing methods for identifying instances, 
suspected targets, and victims of transnational re-
pression 
and 
terrorism 
threats 
related 
to 
transnational repression, and methods for collecting 
and recording information to help identify suspected 
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