Sec. 3. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that hostile nations and authoritarian regimes have increasingly and aggressively targeted individuals in the United States and persons outside the United States. Agents of these governments have acted outside diplomatic channels to threaten, intimidate, harass, surveil, stalk, silence, and even plot to physically harm or kidnap persons within U.S. borders. Although transnational repression often involves actions that are already prohibited by U.S. law, their foreign government backing render these activities more dangerous than the underlying acts of intimidation or harassment alone.
Therefore, it is necessary to formally define and criminalize transnational repression in Federal law, and to more actively track and report on instances of transnational repression in the United States and affecting United States persons. It is also necessary to continue to work with foreign partners to address this issue in a coordinated manner, including in multilateral settings.