and facial recognition software, without appropriate safeguards, which violates the human rights of their citizens, such as the rights to privacy and freedom of movement, while claiming such actions are necessary to combat the novel coronavirus. (7) In some countries, including Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines, governments with a history of repressing human rights are exploiting the current crisis to consolidate power, sideline representative legislative bodies, and silence criticism. (8) In several countries, including Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Jordan, Russia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe, governments have restricted the ability of journalists and other individuals to distribute or publish information related to the novel coronavirus, including by imposing criminal penalties, which violates the universal human rights of free speech and freedom of the press, and limits people’s access to information. (9) Governments in countries with a history of discrimination against minority populations, including India and Uganda, have used the novel coronavirus pandemic response to further discriminate against vulnerable populations. (10) Actions taken by foreign governments, under the guise of the coronavirus, that weaken democratic institutions and restrict internationally recognized human rights, contrary to the principles of limitation and derogation, pose a threat to the health, economic, and national security interests of the United States. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States should lead the international community in its efforts to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic