I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2075 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require information on 
the status of excessive surveillance and use of advanced technology to 
violate privacy and other fundamental human rights be included in the 
annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2021 
Mr. CURTIS (for himself, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. PHIL-
LIPS, and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require 
information on the status of excessive surveillance and 
use of advanced technology to violate privacy and other 
fundamental human rights be included in the annual 
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 
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 ‘‘Foreign Advanced 
Technology Surveillance Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON 
HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES. 
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as 
follows: 
(1) In section 116 (22 U.S.C. 2151n), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) STATUS
OF EXCESSIVE SURVEILLANCE
AND 
USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The report required by 
subsection (d) shall include, wherever applicable, a 
description of the status of surveillance and use of 
advanced technology to impose arbitrary or unlawful 
interference with privacy, or unlawful or unnecessary 
restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful as-
sembly, association, or other internationally recog-
nized human rights in each country, including— 
‘‘(A) whether the government of such 
country has adopted and is enforcing laws, reg-
ulations, policies, or practices relating to— 
‘‘(i) government surveillance or cen-
sorship, including through facial recogni-
tion, biometric data collection, internet and 
social media controls, sensors, spyware 
data analytics, non-cooperative location 
tracking, recording devices, or other simi-
lar advanced technologies, and any allega-
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tions or reports that this surveillance or 
censorship was unreasonable; 
‘‘(ii) extrajudicial searches or seizures 
of individual or private institution data; 
and 
‘‘(iii) surveillance of any group based 
on political views, religious beliefs, eth-
nicity, or other protected category, in viola-
tion of equal protection rights; 
‘‘(B) whether such country has imported 
or unlawfully obtained biometric or facial rec-
ognition data from other countries or entities 
and, if applicable, from whom; and 
‘‘(C) whether the government agency end- 
user has targeted individuals, including through 
the use of technology, in retaliation for the ex-
ercise of their human rights or on discrimina-
tory grounds prohibited by international law, 
including targeting journalists or members of 
minority groups. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘internet and social media 
controls’ means the arbitrary or unlawful impo-
sition of restrictions, by state or service pro-
viders, on internet and digital information and 
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