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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1211 
To direct the Department of State to ensure persons representing the United 
States in international athletic competitions in certain countries are ap-
propriately informed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2021 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Department of State to ensure persons rep-
resenting the United States in international athletic com-
petitions in certain countries are appropriately informed, 
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 ‘‘American Values and 
Security in International Athletics Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In 2017, the International Olympic Com-
mittee (IOC) revised its Host City Contract to re-
quire host countries to ‘‘protect and respect human 
rights and ensure any violation of human rights is 
remedied in a manner consistent with international 
agreements, laws, and regulations applicable in the 
Host Country and in a manner consistent with all 
internationally recognised human rights standards 
and principles, including the United Nations Guiding 
Principles on Business and Human Rights, applica-
ble in the Host Country’’. 
(2) The Olympic Charter states the goal of 
Olympism is ‘‘to place sport at the service of the 
harmonious development of humankind, with a view 
to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the 
preservation of human dignity’’. 
(3) The IOC set up an advisory committee on 
human rights in December 2018, and IOC President 
Thomas Bach said, ‘‘Promoting humanistic values in 
sport has been a core feature of the IOC since its 
beginning. Our mission, to put sport at the service 
of humanity, goes hand-in-hand with human rights, 
which is part of our DNA.’’. 
(4) In the report, ‘‘The Cybersecurity of Olym-
pic Sports: New Opportunities, New Risks’’, the UC 
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Berkley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity listed 
the ‘‘hacking and release of sensitive athletic data’’ 
as one of the four significant categories of 
cyberattacks on major sporting events. 
(5) According to the State Department’s 2019 
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, the 
People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Public Se-
curity employs ‘‘tens of millions of surveillance cam-
eras’’ to monitor the general public, as well as ‘‘po-
litical dissidents, religious leaders and adherents, Ti-
betans, and Uyghurs’’. 
(6) The People’s Republic of China (PRC) Gov-
ernment’s extensive use of artificial intelligence sur-
veillance technology, including facial and voice pat-
tern recognition technology, poses grave humani-
tarian, privacy, and security concerns. PRC authori-
ties have used surveillance technology to monitor, 
control, and repress an estimated 1.8 million 
Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. PRC State 
media has confirmed that ‘‘voice, image, position 
and behavior recognition technologies’’ will be used 
in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. 
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SEC. 3. HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS FOR AMERICAN ATH-
LETIC DELEGATIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that individuals representing the United States at 
international athletic competitions in foreign countries 
should have the opportunity to be informed about human 
rights and security concerns in such countries and how 
best to safeguard their personal security and privacy. 
(b) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall devise and implement a strategy 
for disseminating briefing materials, including infor-
mation described in subsection (c), to individuals 
representing the United States at international ath-
letic competitions in a covered country. 
(2) TIMING AND FORM OF MATERIALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The briefing materials 
referred to in paragraph (1) shall be offered not 
later than 180 days prior to the commencement 
of an international athletic competition in a 
covered country. 
(B) FORM OF DELIVERY.—Briefing mate-
rials related to the human rights record of cov-
ered countries may be delivered electronically or 
disseminated in person, as appropriate. 
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(C) SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION.—Informa-
tion briefing materials related to personal secu-
rity risks may be offered electronically, in writ-
ten 
format, 
by 
video 
teleconference, 
or 
prerecorded video. 
(3) CONSULTATIONS.—In devising and imple-
menting the strategy required under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of State shall consult with the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations in the Senate, not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) Leading human rights nongovern-
mental organizations and relevant subject-mat-
ter experts in determining the content of the 
briefings required under this subsection. 
(C) The United States Olympic and 
Paralympic Committee and the national gov-
erning bodies of amateur sports that play a role 
in determining which individuals represent the 
United States in international athletic competi-
tions, regarding the most appropriate and effec-
tive method to disseminate briefing materials. 
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(c) CONTENT OF BRIEFINGS.—The briefing mate-
rials required under subsection (b) shall include, with re-
spect to a covered country hosting an international athletic 
competition in which individuals may represent the United 
States, the following: 
(1) Information on the human rights concerns 
present in such covered country, as described in the 
Department of State’s Annual Country Reports on 
Human Rights Practices. 
(2) Information, as applicable, on risks such in-
dividuals may face to their personal and digital pri-
vacy and security, and recommended measures to 
safeguard against certain forms of foreign intel-
ligence targeting, as appropriate. 
(d) COVERED COUNTRY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered country’’ means, with respect to a coun-
try hosting an international athletic competition in which 
individuals representing the United States may partici-
pate, any of the following: 
(1) Any Communist country specified in sub-
section (f) of section 620 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(f)). 
(2) Any country ranked as a Tier 3 country in 
the most recent Department of State’s annual Traf-
ficking in Persons Report. 
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(3) Any other country the Secretary of State 
determines present serious human rights concerns 
for the purpose of informing such individuals. 
(4) Any country the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with other cabinet officials as appropriate, 
determines presents a serious counterintelligence 
risk. 
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