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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7439 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to prioritize strengthening of State and local 
law enforcement capabilities to combat transnational repression and re-
lated terrorism threats, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2024 
Mr. MAGAZINER (for himself, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. PFLUGER, and Mr. GOLD-
MAN of New York) 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 require 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize 
strengthening of State and local law enforcement capa-
bilities to combat transnational repression and related 
terrorism threats, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening State 
and Local Efforts to Combat Transnational Repression 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 437. STRENGTHENING STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
EFFORTS 
TO 
COMBAT 
TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION AND RELATED 
TERRORISM THREATS. 
‘‘(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, a training pro-
gram to enhance the capabilities of State, local, Tribal, 
and territorial law enforcement personnel, including per-
sonnel of the National Network of Fusion Centers, to com-
bat transnational repression and related terrorism threats. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The training provided pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall relate to the following: 
‘‘(1) Identifying instances of transnational re-
pression and related terrorism threats. 
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‘‘(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 related terrorism 
threats. 
‘‘(3) Identifying suspected targets or victims of 
transnational repression and related terrorism 
threats. 
‘‘(4) Personal safety best practices for individ-
uals and communities that may be targets or are vic-
tims of transnational repression and related ter-
rorism threats to prevent and mitigate transnational 
repression and related terrorism threats and ensure 
that such targets and victims are afforded prompt 
information about and access to victim support re-
sources, including such resources offered by the Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and 
the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, to ad-
dress their immediate and long-term needs. 
‘‘(c) COMMUNITY AWARENESS BRIEFINGS.—The Of-
ficer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties shall engage with 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement per-
sonnel, including personnel of the National Network of 
Fusion Centers, and individuals and communities that 
may be targets or are victims of transnational repression 
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and related terrorism threats, including by informing such 
individuals and communities about how to identify 
transnational repression and related terrorism threats and 
protect against transnational repression and related ter-
rorism threats. 
‘‘(d) 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 actions of a foreign 
government, or an individual or entity working on 
behalf or at the direction of a foreign government, 
involving the transgression of national borders 
through physical, digital, or analog means to intimi-
date, silence, coerce, harass, or harm individuals or 
communities in order to prevent their exercise of 
freedom of speech, expression, religion, or assem-
bly.’’. 
(b) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall coordinate with the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department 
of Homeland Security to— 
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(1) carry out research and development of a 
technology to enhance participation rates in training 
offered to other State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
law enforcement personnel, including personnel of 
the National Network of Fusion Centers, for the 
purpose of enhancing domestic preparedness for and 
collective response to transnational repression and 
related terrorism threats and other homeland secu-
rity threats; and 
(2) share information relating to researching 
and developing methods for identifying instances, 
suspected targets, and victims of transnational re-
pression and related terrorism threats, and methods 
for collecting and recording information to help iden-
tify suspected perpetrators of transnational repres-
sion and related terrorism threats. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 
than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to Congress a report on the implementation of section 437 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by sub-
section (a). 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
436 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 437. Strengthening State and local law enforcement efforts to combat 
transnational repression and related terrorism threats.’’. 
Æ 
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