S.Amdt. 2530

SA 2530. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1216. TRAINING FOR UNITED STATES OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE
FOR DOMESTIC THREATS OF TRANSNATIONAL
REPRESSION.

(a) In General.--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
subsection (b) with training regarding transnational
repression, including training on--
(1) how to identify different tactics of transnational
repression in physical and nonphysical forms;
(2) which governments are known to employ transnational
repression most frequently;
(3) which communities and locations in the United States
are most vulnerable to transnational repression;
(4) tools of digital surveillance and other cyber tools
used to carry out transnational repression activities;
(5) espionage and foreign agent laws; and
(6) how foreign governments may try to coopt the
immigration system.
(b) Training Recipients.--The training recipients referred
to in this subsection include, to the extent deemed
appropriate and necessary by their respective agency heads in
the case of any Federal employee--
(1) employees of--
(A) 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;
(B) the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau
of Investigation; and
(C) the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of
Health and Human Services;
(2) other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and
municipal officials receiving instruction at the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center; and
(3) appropriate private sector and community partners of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2025 through 2028, to develop and provide the curriculum and
training described in subsection (a).
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