tions Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) 
and section 951 of title 18, United States 
Code; 
(B) coordinate between the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, the Department of State, 
the Department of Homeland Security, United 
States intelligence agencies, and domestic law 
enforcement agencies in partner countries, in-
cluding options for countering the use of sur-
veillance technology and export licensing policy 
in transnational repression; 
(C) consider unintended negative impacts 
of expanded legal authorities on the civil lib-
erties of communities targeted by transnational 
repression, taking into account the views of af-
fected communities; 
(D) develop outreach strategies to connect 
law enforcement and local municipal officials 
with targeted diaspora communities to ensure 
individuals who are vulnerable to transnational 
repression are aware of the Federal and local 
resources available without putting them at fur-
ther risk, including policy and programmatic re-
sponses based on input from such communities; 
and 
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(E) examine and review the legality of for-
eign governments establishing overseas police 
service stations, or equivalent facilities, to mon-
itor members of the diaspora. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—In 
addition to the matters set forth in subsection (b), the re-
port required under subsection (a) should include— 
(1) to the extent practicable, information re-
garding— 
(A) 
the 
governments 
that 
perpetrate 
transnational repression; 
(B) countries in which incidents of 
transnational repression are prevalent; 
(C) governments that are complicit in aid-
ing transnational repression; 
(D) individuals, whether United States citi-
zens or foreign nationals, who are complicit in 
transnational repression as agents or proxies of 
a foreign government and are operating in the 
United States, unless identifying those individ-
uals could interfere with law enforcement ef-
forts; and 
(E) groups of people that are most vulner-
able to transnational repression in the United 
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States and, to the extent possible, in foreign 
countries; and 
(2) a description of any actions taken by the 
United States Government to address transnational 
repression under existing law, including— 
(A) section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)(C)); 
(B) section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
10102); 
(C) section 7031(c) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of 
Public Law 116–94; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note); 
(D) prosecutions and the statutory author-
ity authorizing such prosecutions; and 
(E) which agencies are conducting out-
reach to victims of transnational repression and 
the form of such outreach. 
(d) FORM.—The strategy required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex, if necessary. 
(e) UPDATES.—The Secretary of State shall provide 
the congressional committee referred to in subsection (a) 
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with annual updates regarding the implementation of such 
strategy. 
SEC. 5. TRAINING. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
should make training available to Department of 
State personnel, including overseas mission leader-
ship, as appropriate, and if it pertains to their coun-
tries of assignment, with respect to— 
(A) tactics and practices used by perpetra-
tors; 
(B) 
governments 
known 
to 
employ 
transnational repression; 
(C) governments that cooperate with other 
governments engaged in transnational repres-
sion; 
(D) tools of digital surveillance and other 
cyber tools used in transnational repression ac-
tivities; and 
(E) United States policy priorities. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated such 
amounts as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026 to 
develop and implement the curriculum described in 
paragraph (1). 
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(b) UNITED STATES OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
DOMESTIC THREATS OF TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To better recognize and pre-
vent transnational repression, the Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, the Director of National Intelligence, civil so-
ciety, and the business community, shall provide 
training with respect to— 
(A) tactics and practices used by perpetra-
tors; 
(B) 
governments 
known 
to 
employ 
transnational repression; 
(C) which communities and locations in the 
United 
States 
are 
most 
vulnerable 
to 
transnational repression; 
(D) tools of digital surveillance and other 
cyber tools used in transnational repression ac-
tivities; and 
(E) United States policy priorities. 
(2) TRAINING
RECIPIENTS.—Those receiving 
the training described in paragraph (1) should be— 
(A) employees or task force members of— 
(i) the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, including U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
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tion Services, and U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement and any other em-
ployees the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity determines should receive such train-
ing; 
(ii) the Department of Justice, includ-
ing the— 
(I) Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion; and 
(II) 
INTERPOL 
Washington; 
and 
(iii) the Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; 
(B) other Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement and municipal officials receiving in-
struction at the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center; and 
(C) appropriate private sector and commu-
nity partners of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated such 
amounts as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026 to 
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develop and provide the curriculum and training de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 6. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND DE-
PARTMENT OF JUSTICE EFFORTS TO COM-
BAT TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall— 
(1) not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, publish a toolkit or guide 
that describes existing Federal resources to assist 
and protect individuals and communities targeted by 
transnational repression in the United States; 
(2) in cooperation with the heads of other Fed-
eral agencies, conduct proactive outreach so that in-
dividuals in targeted communities are informed 
about the types of criminal incidents that should be 
reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(3) organize annual trainings with caseworker 
staff in congressional offices regarding the tactics of 
transnational repression and the resources available 
to constituents; and 
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(4) produce an assessment of how data that is 
purchased 
by 
governments 
perpetrating 
transnational repression is misused by— 
(A) entities that are exporting dual-use 
spyware technology to any governments en-
gaged in transnational repression; 
(B) entities that are buying and selling 
personally identifiable information that can be 
used to track and surveil potential victims; and 
(C) entities that are exporting items on the 
Commerce Control List (as set forth in Supple-
ment No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Adminis-
tration Regulations under subchapter C of 
chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regula-
tions) 
to 
any 
governments 
engaged 
in 
transnational repression that can be misused 
for human rights abuses. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2026 for the research, develop-
ment, outreach, and training activities described in sub-
section (a). 
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