Pannun followed shortly after the successful assas-
sination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023 in 
Canada, for which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 
stated that there was credible allegations of Indian 
involvement. 
(4) Saudi Arabia has engaged in a campaign of 
targeting critics, former members of the royal fam-
ily, women fleeing gender-based discrimination, and 
journalists, as well as their families. Saudi Arabia 
sentenced Prince Abdullah bin Faisal al Saud to 30 
years in prison after he discussed the imprisonment 
of a royal cousin and fellow prince. Prince Abdullah 
made the call from the United States while attend-
ing Northeastern University as a graduate student. 
United States citizens are no longer immune to 
these repressive measures. Saad al Madi, a United 
States citizen, was imprisoned for tweets he posted 
that were critical of the regime. Like Prince 
Abdullah, Saad al Madi made his comments in the 
United States but was arrested in Saudi Arabia 
while on a visit. While Saad Al Madi initially re-
ceived a virtual life sentence, he has been released 
but remains in Saudi Arabia under a travel ban. 
Saudi Arabia was also responsible for the brutal 
murder of United States-based Washington Post col-
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umnist Jamal Khasshogi in a Saudi consulate in 
Istanbul, Turkey in 2018. 
(5) Iran has targeted dissidents and critics in 
the United States for decades. Iran attempted to as-
sassinate Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and 
rights activist, in 2022. There are also credible alle-
gations that Iran was involved in an assassination 
plot against an Iranian-American writer in New 
York and an Iranian defector living in Maryland, 
both in the early 2020s. In 1980, Iran was involved 
in the successful assassination of Ali Akbar 
Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident living in Bethesda, 
Maryland. His killer, Dawud Salahuddin, fled to 
Iran after the assassination, publicly confessing to 
the murder and claiming he received $5,000 from 
the Iranian Government carry it out. Iran has also 
engaged in assassination attempts against officials 
of the United States Government who were critical 
of the Iranian regime. A member of Iran’s Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps allegedly hired an assas-
sin in 2021 to murder former national security ad-
viser John Bolton. And, most recently, Iran was im-
plicated in a plot to assassinate former President 
Donald Trump in 2024. Iran was also implicated in 
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a plot to murder the Saudi ambassador to the 
United States in 2012. 
(6) China has attempted to silence its critics by 
employing intimidation and harassment, particularly 
against members of the Chinese diaspora living in 
the United States but having relatives, citizenship, 
or financial ties to mainland China or Hong Kong. 
In November 2023, supporters of the Chinese Com-
munist Party, with the aid of Chinese diplomats, at-
tacked a group of protesters in San Francisco. The 
victims of the attack, most of whom had roots in 
China, East Turkestan, Hong Kong, or Tibet, had 
gathered to protest President Xi Jinping’s visit to 
the city. There is also credible evidence that China 
is repressing the freedoms of members of the Falun 
Gong, as well as hindering the business operations 
of the Shen Yun Performing Arts company. There is 
further evidence that China continues to repress 
members of Uyghur ethnic communities who are liv-
ing abroad by threatening their relatives with deten-
tion. China has also conducted surveillance against 
Tibetan activists, using naturalized U.S. citizens of 
Chinese descent or Chinese agents to infiltrate and 
spy on members of pro-democracy groups in New 
York and other States. 
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(7) Notwithstanding the importance of a bilat-
eral relationship to the common interests of a stable 
and prosperous region, any such relationship should 
be based on an alignment of the shared values held 
in democratic institutions, fundamental human 
rights, and respect for international laws and norms. 
(8) Acts of transnational repression violate the 
sovereignty of nations, undermining the values that 
are foundational in relationships within the inter-
national community of nations. 
(9) Transnational repression results in victims 
through the silencing of critics and stifling speech, 
making it more difficult for individuals to express 
freedoms, and giving pause to the consideration of 
the potential costs for doing so. 
(10) Transnational repression puts in jeopardy 
a country’s standing and reputation within the inter-
national community as well as the bilateral relation-
ship with the United States, requiring actions by the 
government committing such offenses that are com-
mensurate with the seriousness of the violation. 
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Attorney General, in coordination with the heads of 
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other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on cases of 
transnational repression. The report shall include, for the 
covered period, the following: 
(1) A detailed description of each such case re-
ported to the Department of Justice or another rel-
evant Federal agency, including the nature of the 
transnational repression, the individuals involved, 
and the location of each incident of transnational re-
pression associated with the case. 
(2) An assessment of the case, using all avail-
able law enforcement and intelligence resources, in-
cluding an evaluation of the foreign government’s in-
volvement in the case. 
(3) The actions taken by the United States 
Government in response to each case, including— 
(A) diplomatic measures; 
(B) law enforcement actions and criminal 
prosecutions; 
(C) civil and administrative actions, such 
as targeted sanctions, fines and penalties, and 
entry ineligibility of foreign persons; 
(D) protective measures provided to vic-
tims; and 
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(E) collaboration of the United States Gov-
ernment with other countries that have experi-
enced similar cases of transnational repression. 
(4) The actions taken by the foreign govern-
ment to address the allegations of transnational re-
pression, including any findings of culpability and 
the holding of individuals accountable. 
(5) An assessment of the trends and patterns of 
transnational repression in each foreign country in 
which transnational repression has originated. 
(b) CASES.—In preparing the first report under sub-
section (a), the Attorney General shall include cases of al-
leged transnational repression originating from the fol-
lowing countries: 
(1) India, including the alleged assassination 
attempt of Gurpatwant Pannun in 2023, and other 
acts of harassment and intimidation against the 
Sikh community. 
(2) Saudi Arabia, including the acts of harass-
ment, intimidation, and imprisonment against critics 
of the government, such as the acts committed 
against Prince Abdullah bin Faisal al Saud and 
Saad Almadi. 
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(3) Iran, including the threat of kidnapping and 
the threat of assassination of journalists and rights 
activists, such as Masih Alinejad, in 2022. 
(4) China, including the harassment and intimi-
dation of human rights and pro-democracy activists, 
particularly former residents of the Hong Kong Spe-
cial Administrative Region, Uyghur ethnic commu-
nities, members of the Falun Gong and the Shen 
Yun Performing Arts company, and Tibetan activ-
ists. 
(c) CLASSIFICATION.—Each report under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and made avail-
able to the public. A classified annex shall be made avail-
able to the Members of the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, as needed, and maintained by the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent-
atives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
(d) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—In preparing the report 
under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall comply 
with all applicable privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties 
protections when identifying individuals who have been the 
target of transnational repression. 
(e) COVERED PERIOD.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered period’’ means— 
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(1) for the first report under subsection (a), the 
previous 10-year period; and 
(2) for each subsequent report under subsection 
(a), the previous one-year period. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) TRANSNATIONAL
REPRESSION.—The term 
‘‘transnational repression’’ means any activity of a 
foreign government, or an agent of a foreign govern-
ment or a proxy thereof, that— 
(A)(i) is any effort to harass, intimidate, 
or digitally or physically threaten a person to 
either take action or to refrain from taking ac-
tion that would be in the interest of the foreign 
government; or 
(ii) is an attempt to prevent the person 
from exercising any right that is protected 
under the First Amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States, or to retaliate against a 
person for having exercised such a right; and 
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(B) targets a United States person or a 
person in the United States, including through 
the harassment or intimidation of immediate 
family members of the person. 
(2) RELEVANT FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The term 
‘‘relevant Federal agencies’’ means the Department 
of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence, and any other 
agency determined appropriate by the Attorney Gen-
eral. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House or Representatives, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
(4) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means a citizen of the 
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United States or an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(20))), and includes minors. 
SEC. 6. SUNSET. 
This Act shall sunset on the earlier of December 31, 
2030, or the date that is 6 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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