Introduced May 14, 2025 by Jeff Merkley · Last progress May 14, 2025
Declares and condemns the People’s Republic of China’s practice of “transnational repression,” defined as coordinated surveillance, harassment, threats, and coercion of people living overseas, including those lawfully in the United States. The text identifies targeted groups (political dissidents, human-rights defenders, Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Hongkongers), documents covert operations and unregistered agents, and notes retaliatory measures against relatives in China (harassment, detention, asset seizure, passport cancellation). The provision is primarily a statement of findings and condemnation that characterizes these practices as violations of U.S. sovereignty and the rule of law; it does not create new programs, appropriations, or regulatory mandates in the text provided.