; (B) creates instability; (C) weakens the rule of law; and (D) increases the risk of war. (5) Democracies are ill-prepared to fight back against the growing complexity and emerging challenges posed by autocratic forces. (6) There is an urgent need to modernize the United States Government's approach to countering authoritarianism, including by revitalizing and strengthening the relevant tools, strategies, and institutions. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives . (2) Relevant federal agencies The term relevant Federal agencies means— (A) the Department of State; (B) the United States Agency for International Development; and (C) other Federal agencies that are relevant for purposes of this Act. (3) Transnational repression The term transnational repression — (A) means actions of a foreign government, or agents of a foreign government, involving the transgression of national borders through physical, digital, or analog means to intimidate, silence, coerce, harass, or harm members of diaspora populations, political opponents, civil society activists, journalists, or members of ethnic or religious minority groups to prevent their exercise of internationally recognized human rights; and (B) may include— (i) extrajudicial killings; (ii) physical assaults and intimidation; (iii) arbitrary detentions; (iv) renditions; (v) deportations; (vi) unexplained or enforced disappearances; (vii) physical or online surveillance or stalking; (viii) unwarranted passport cancellation or control over other identification documents; (ix) abuse of international law enforcement systems; (x) unlawful asset freezes