SEC. 7. ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS 
PRACTICES. 
(a) REPORT
RELATING
TO
ECONOMIC
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h)(1) The report required by subsection (d) shall 
include an assessment of freedom of expression with re-
spect to electronic information in each foreign country. 
Such assessment shall consist of the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the general extent to 
which internet access is available to and used by citi-
zens in each country. 
‘‘(B) An assessment of the extent to which gov-
ernment authorities in each country attempt to fil-
ter, censor, or otherwise block or remove nonviolent 
expression of political or religious opinion or belief 
via the internet, including electronic mail, as well as 
a description of the means by which such authorities 
attempt to block or remove protected speech. 
‘‘(C) An assessment of the extent to which gov-
ernment authorities in each country have persecuted, 
prosecuted, or otherwise punished an individual or 
group for the nonviolent expression of political, reli-
gious, or ideological opinion or belief via the inter-
net, including electronic mail. 
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‘‘(D) An assessment of the extent to which gov-
ernment authorities in each country have sought to 
collect, request, obtain, or disclose the personally 
identifiable information of a person in connection 
with such person’s nonviolent expression of political, 
religious, or ideological opinion, belief, or commu-
nication that would be protected by the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 
‘‘(E) An assessment of the extent to which wire 
communications and electronic communications are 
monitored without regard to the principles of pri-
vacy, human rights, democracy, and rule of law. 
‘‘(2) In compiling data and making assessments for 
the purposes of paragraph (1), United States diplomatic 
personnel shall consult with human rights organizations, 
technology and internet companies, and other appropriate 
nongovernmental organizations. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘electronic communication’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 2510 of title 
18, United States Code; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘internet’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 231(e)(3) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 231(e)(3)); 
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‘‘(C) the term ‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’ means data in a form that identifies a par-
ticular person; and 
‘‘(D) the term ‘wire communication’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2510 of title 18, 
United States Code.’’. 
(b) REPORT RELATING TO SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2304) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (i) 
(relating to child marriage status) as subsection (j); 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k)(1) The report required by subsection (b) shall 
include an assessment of freedom of expression with re-
spect to electronic information in each foreign country. 
Such assessment shall consist of the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the general extent to 
which internet access is available to and used by citi-
zens in each country. 
‘‘(B) An assessment of the extent to which gov-
ernment authorities in each country attempt to fil-
ter, censor, or otherwise block or remove nonviolent 
expression of political or religious opinion or belief 
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via the internet, as well as a description of the 
means by which such authorities attempt to block or 
remove such expression. 
‘‘(C) An assessment of the extent to which gov-
ernment authorities in each country have persecuted, 
prosecuted, or otherwise punished an individual or 
group for the peaceful expression of political, reli-
gious, or ideological opinion or belief via the inter-
net. 
‘‘(D) An assessment of the extent to which gov-
ernment authorities in each country have sought to 
collect, request, obtain, or disclose personally identi-
fiable information, or other information that could 
be used to classify individuals into a historically dis-
criminated category based on a person’s nonviolent 
expression of political, religious, or ideological opin-
ion or belief, including without limitation commu-
nication that would be protected by the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 
‘‘(E) An assessment of the extent to which wire 
communications and electronic communications are 
monitored without regard to the principles of pri-
vacy, human rights, democracy, and rule of law. 
‘‘(2) In compiling data and making assessments for 
the purposes of paragraph (1), United States diplomatic 
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personnel shall consult with human rights organizations, 
technology and internet companies, and other appropriate 
nongovernmental organizations. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘electronic communication’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 2510 of title 
18, United States Code; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘internet’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 231(e)(3) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 231(e)(3)); 
‘‘(C) the term ‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’ means data in a form that identifies a par-
ticular person; and 
‘‘(D) the term ‘wire communication’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2510 of title 18, 
United States Code.’’. 
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