Argentine President Javier Milei sent Congress a National Sovereignty Defense Bill on Thursday, framing it as "a milestone" in recovering the Falkland Islands (the South Atlantic archipelago claimed by Argentina and administered by the United Kingdom), while broadening penalties for the exploitation of any natural resources on the Argentine continental shelf beyond the existing focus on hydrocarbons. The legislation also establishes a National Security Council chaired by Milei, empowered to freeze assets, restrict financial operations, and authorise military intervention at strategic facilities. Its most contested provision creates a public terrorism-linked persons registry — known as RePET — that does not require a prior criminal case, drawing immediate criticism from civil society and opposition legislators who warn it could concentrate executive power and institutionalise a "generalised state of suspicion."