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119-hr-2139119th Congress

Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression Act

Sponsored By: Representative Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]

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Summary

This bill creates a DHS-led program to train and equip state, local, Tribal, campus, and territorial law enforcement to detect and respond to _transnational repression_. It also requires privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections and sets standards for what information is collected and shared.

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  • State, local, Tribal, campus, and territorial officers, including the National Network of Fusion Centers, get standardized training delivered by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) or another accredited DHS component on spotting incidents, what data to record, and how to document suspected perpetrators.
  • Faith-based organizations, educational institutions, and communities that may be targets receive community awareness briefings from DHS partnership and civil rights offices about personal safety best practices and how to identify and protect possible victims, plus links to victim resources from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
  • DHS must coordinate research and development with its science and technology and state-local law enforcement offices to improve training tools and methods for identifying, recording, and sharing information about incidents, targets, and perpetrators. The Comptroller General must report to Congress on implementation within two years.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Community briefings on transnational repression

The bill would direct DHS outreach staff and the civil rights office, with intelligence support as needed, to brief communities and police. They would meet with people and groups who could be targets, and with Fusion Centers. They would explain how to spot transnational repression and related threats, and how to protect against them.

Definitions and two-year GAO review

The bill would define key terms for this effort, including transnational repression, personal safety best practices, and “United States person” (by 50 U.S.C. 1708(d)(10)). It would also require the Comptroller General to report to Congress within two years on how DHS carried out the new section. These steps would guide training and outreach and add oversight.

Training local police on transnational repression

The bill would have DHS build a training program through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. It would train State, local, Tribal, campus, and territorial police, including Fusion Centers, to spot transnational repression and related terror threats. Lessons would cover what to look for, what to record in IT systems to help find suspects, and what to share with partners like faith and school leaders. It would also cover personal safety tips and victim help from CISA, USCIS, and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, with privacy and civil rights protections. Other DHS offices could teach only if a federal law‑enforcement training accreditor approves, and DHS would try to use science and technology tools to boost participation and improve methods.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]

RI • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 3/14/2025

  • Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/14/2025

  • Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]

    CO • R

    Sponsored 3/14/2025

  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 4/3/2025

  • Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/3/2025

  • Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 11/10/2025

Roll Call Votes

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