Sec. 6. Reporting on transnational repression
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division of the Department of Justice and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the head of any other department or agency the Assistant Attorney General and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a joint report on incidents of transnational repression against or otherwise impacting a United States person.
Each report shall contain the following: An overview of transnational repression in the United States or against United States persons outside of the United States, including the governments that perpetrate transnational repression and the tactics that they use. A description of any activities that the Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation determines to be substantially similar to transnational repression that do not fall within the definition of transnational repression.
Subject to appropriate protections for sensitive information regarding law enforcement investigations and operations, a description of efforts during the previous calendar year to disrupt transnational repression through investigation and criminal prosecution. A description of efforts during the previous calendar year by any agency of the United States Government to disrupt transnational repression through means other than investigation and criminal prosecution, including through diplomatic means.
Each report submitted under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.