This bill creates a new Transnational Repression Working Group within the Department of Homeland Security to identify, analyze, and monitor threats from foreign governments targeting people in the United States. The working group will coordinate with other federal agencies and law enforcement partners to address activities like threats, harassment, surveillance, stalking, and kidnapping plots by foreign agents operating within U.S. borders. The working group will be led by a director appointed by the head of Homeland Security Investigations and will be staffed with dedicated employees, including at least one person focused on privacy compliance. The bill requires annual public reports to Congress for seven years detailing incidents of transnational repression, number of perpetrators, and disruption efforts, while protecting sensitive intelligence sources. All activities must comply with constitutional protections, privacy laws, and free speech rights, and the working group is set to expire seven years after enactment.
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