New federal crime for foreign governments harassing U.S. citizens
S. 4967 — Stop TNR Act of 2026 · Filed by Adam Schiff (D-CA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 14, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill makes it a federal crime when foreign governments harm U.S. citizens. The harm includes intimidation, threats, watching, or violence to stop political speech. People convicted get up to 10 extra years in prison. They also pay $100,000 in fines on top of other sentences. The Justice Department must handle all these cases. It must publish a yearly public report on incidents. The government must make a plan to fight foreign AI-enabled repression.
Who it affects
U.S. citizens and residents facing harassment from foreign governments get protection. Law enforcement agencies gain new tools to prosecute foreign state actors.
One thing to notice
The Justice Department's National Security Division gets control over all transnational repression cases.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 14, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 14, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- transnational repression — When a foreign government intimidates, threatens, watches, or harms people to silence their speech.
- National Security Division — The part of the Justice Department that handles cases about threats to U.S. national security.
- AI-enabled repression — Foreign governments using artificial intelligence to intimidate or harm people.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (13,891 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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