[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5431-S5432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3112. Mr. CARDIN 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:

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

     SEC. 1291. INCLUSION OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ABUSE IN 
                   HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT.

       The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 116 (22 U.S.C. 2151n), by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(h) Surveillance Technology.--
       ``(1) In general.--The report required under subsection (d) 
     shall to the extent feasible include a description of the use 
     of foreign commercial spyware by the government of each 
     country in which there are systematic acts of political 
     repression, to conduct surveillance, including passive or 
     active monitoring, against activists, journalists, opposition 
     politicians, or other individuals

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     for the purposes of suppressing dissent or intimidating 
     critics.
       ``(2) Defined term.--In this subsection, the term `foreign 
     commercial spyware' means the term referred to in section 
     6318 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).''; and
       (2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304)--
       (A) by redesignating the second subsection designated 
     subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(k) Surveillance Technology.--
       ``(1) In general.--The report required under subsection (b) 
     shall to the extent feasible include a description of the use 
     of foreign commercial spyware by the government of each 
     country in which there are systematic acts of political 
     repression, to conduct surveillance, including passive or 
     active monitoring, against activists, journalists, opposition 
     politicians, or other individuals for the purposes of 
     suppressing dissent or intimidating critics.
       ``(2) Defined term.--In this subsection, the term `foreign 
     commercial spyware' means the term referred to in section 
     6318 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).''.
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