Countering Transnational Repression Act of 2025
The Countering Transnational Repression Act of 2025 establishes a new Transnational Repression Working Group within the Department of Homeland Security to monitor and address threats where foreign governments or their agents target individuals in the U.S. through coercion, harassment, surveillance, or threats. The bill requires the Working Group to produce annual assessments of such incidents - including data on perpetrators, countries involved, and government responses - and share information with law enforcement partners. It mandates privacy and civil liberties safeguards, prohibits infringing on free speech, and includes a 7-year sunset provision. The law directly affects DHS operations, federal-state-local law enforcement coordination, and individuals targeted by foreign government repression tactics.
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in committee
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Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
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President
Introduced Mar 14, 2025
Last action Apr 9, 2025
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Committee
5
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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