Sec. 6. Training
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In order to provide United States diplomats and personnel stationed around the world with the level of understanding to recognize and combat transnational repression, the Secretary of State, in consultation with civil society and the business community, shall provide training to such members of the Foreign Service, including chiefs of mission, regarding transnational repression, including training on— how to identify different tactics of transnational repression in physical and nonphysical forms; which governments are known to employ transnational repression most frequently; which governments are most likely to cooperate with governments on transnational repression-related actions referred to in subparagraph (B); and tools of digital surveillance and other cyber tools used to carry out transnational repression activities.
There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2027, to develop and implement the curriculum described in paragraph (1). In order to achieve an adequate level of understanding to recognize and combat transnational repression, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, civil society, and the business community, shall provide the training recipients referred to in paragraph
(2)with training regarding transnational repression, including training on— how to identify different tactics of transnational repression in physical and nonphysical forms; which governments are known to employ transnational repression most frequently; which communities and locations in the United States are most vulnerable to transnational repression; tools of digital surveillance and other cyber tools used to carry out transnational repression activities; espionage and foreign agent laws; and how foreign governments may try to coopt the immigration system. The training recipients referred to in this paragraph include, to the extent deemed appropriate and necessary by their respective agency heads in the case of any Federal employee— employees of— the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services; other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and municipal officials receiving instruction at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and appropriate private sector and community partners of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2027, to develop and provide the curriculum and training described in paragraph (1).