§2656k Human rights awareness for American athletic delegations

Summary

Require the Secretary of State to make and run a plan, within 120 days after December 27, 2021, to give briefing materials to people who will represent the United States at international athletic competitions in certain foreign countries. The materials must be offered no later than 180 days before the competition. Human rights information can be given online or in person. Personal security and privacy briefings can be given electronically, in writing, by video call, or as prerecorded video. In making the plan, the Secretary must consult the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee within 90 days after December 27, 2021, leading human rights groups and experts for content, and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and national sports bodies about how to share the materials. The briefings must include the host country’s human rights information from the State Department’s annual report and any personal and digital privacy and security risks, with steps to reduce foreign intelligence targeting. A “covered country” means any Communist country named in subsection (f) of section 2370, any country ranked Tier 3 in the Trafficking in Persons Report, any country the Secretary finds has serious human rights concerns, or any country the Secretary, after consulting other cabinet officials as needed, finds poses a serious counterintelligence risk.