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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communication, such as through the blocking or 
filtering of websites, social media platforms, 
and communication applications, the deletion of 
content and social media posts, or the penaliza-
tion of online speech, in a manner that violates 
rights to free expression or assembly; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘extrajudicial targeted sur-
veillance’ means the use of technology to ob-
serve the activities of individuals in a manner 
that unlawfully or arbitrarily interferes with 
their privacy, such as through physical moni-
toring or the interception of digital communica-
tions.’’. 
(2) In section 502B(b) (22 U.S.C. 2304(b))— 
(A) by redesignating the second subsection 
(i) (as added by section 1207(b)(2) of Public 
Law 113–4) as subsection (j); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) STATUS
OF EXCESSIVE SURVEILLANCE
AND 
USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.—The report required 
under subsection (b) shall include, wherever applicable, a 
description of the status of excessive surveillance and use 
of advanced technology to restrict human rights, including 
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the descriptions of such policies or practices required 
under section 116(h).’’. 
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