Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression Act
Latest action · Apr 9, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2025 to Nov 10, 2025; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| R-CO | Gabe Evans | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Nov 10, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2025Markup Apr 9, 2025 |
| Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee | Referred Mar 14, 2025Markup Mar 25, 2025Reported Mar 25, 2025 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2025 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 9, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 25, 2025Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 25, 2025Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2025Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 14, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 10, 2025H.R. 2139, Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 9, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 49, March 14, 2025, page H1163.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49036 | “Transnational Repression” and U.S. Policy: In Brief | Report | Jul 15, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize strengthening of State and local law enforcement capabilities to combat transnational repression and terrorism threats related to transnational repression, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
