H.R. 4829 · 119th Congress · International Affairs

Transnational Repression Policy Act

In committee Introduced Jun 30, 2026 Latest action Aug 1, 2025

What it does

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Roll call votes

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What members said about it

Statement · Press release · Aug 21, 2026 · Smith R-NJ

“Freedom of speech and religious liberty are not negotiable”Smith condemns reports of transnational repression in U.S. after anti-CCP professor is blacklisted from U.S.-China Catholic conference

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), today condemned an alarming report that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials allegedly pressured the U.S.-China Catholic Association to…
“If these reports are accurate, this is yet another outrageous example of the Chinese Communist Party extending its long arm of repression into the United States.”

Latest action

Aug 1, 2025 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.