I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2116 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to conduct a law enforcement 
support and counter transnational repression public service announce-
ment campaign, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2025 
Mr. EVANS of Colorado (for himself, Mr. PFLUGER, and Mr. MAGAZINER) in-
troduced 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 conduct 
a law enforcement support and counter transnational 
repression public service announcement campaign, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement Sup-
port and Counter Transnational Repression Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT AND COUNTER 
TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION PUBLIC SERV-
ICE ANNOUNCEMENT CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 890E. LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT AND COUNTER 
TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION PUBLIC SERV-
ICE ANNOUNCEMENT CAMPAIGN. 
‘‘(a) CAMPAIGN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall direct 
the Office of Partnership and Engagement of the 
Department to conduct a public service announce-
ment campaign educating the public and inter-
national allies on the issue of transnational repres-
sion and terrorism threats related to transnational 
repression and the resources available to victims of 
transnational repression and terrorism threats re-
lated to transnational repression, including the ap-
propriate manners of contacting the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation to anonymously report suspected 
acts of transnational repression and terrorism 
threats related to transnational repression. 
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Public service an-
nouncement campaigns under paragraph (1) should 
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be carried out in languages determined relevant by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) RESEARCH.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in 
coordination with the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology of the Department, shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, carry out research and development, including 
operational testing, of technologies and techniques for en-
hancing the Department’s support to Federal, State, local, 
Tribal, and territorial officials relating to countering 
transnational repression and terrorism threats related to 
transnational repression, in accordance with applicable 
constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties pro-
tections. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENT
OF
A
FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT.— 
The term ‘agent of a foreign government’ means an 
individual or entity that operates subject to the di-
rection or control of— 
‘‘(A) a foreign government; or 
‘‘(B) an official or entity of such foreign 
government. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘for-
eign government’ means the government of a foreign 
country. 
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‘‘(3) 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— 
‘‘(i) any effort intended to coerce, har-
ass, or digitally or physically threaten, in-
cluding by force or reasonable fear of 
death or serious bodily injury or imprison-
ment of a person or an immediate family 
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 fear, a person 
to forebear from exercising their First 
Amendment rights or any other right guar-
anteed 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; or 
‘‘(iv) any act intended to further the 
efforts specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii). 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(4) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 
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) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
890D the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 890E. Law enforcement support and counter transnational repression 
public service announcement campaign.’’. 
Æ 
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