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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 5878 (Introduced in House) — To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to further express United States foreign policy with respect... · Sec. 401

Sec. 401. Presidential actions in response to violations of religious freedom

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Section 401(a)(1) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6441(a)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A)(i), by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: or carried out by non-state actors in that country ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting before , the President the following: and for each foreign country in which non-state actors carry out violations of religious freedom . Section 401(b)(2) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6441(b)(2) ) is amended— by striking September 1 of each year and inserting 30 days after the date on which each report is submitted under section 102(b) ; by striking action and inserting 1 or more of the actions ; by inserting or in which non-state actors in that country carried out violations of religious freedom before at any time ; by striking September 1 of the preceding year and inserting the previous such report was submitted ; and by striking thereto) and all that follows and inserting thereto) the action may only be taken after the President certifies to Congress that the requirements of sections 403 and 404 have been satisfied. .
Section 401(c)(1)(B) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6441(c)(1)(B) ) is amended by inserting or the non-state actors in that country, after special officials thereof, . The amendments made by this section take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to each Annual Report on International Religious Freedom that is required to be submitted to Congress under section 102 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6412 ) (as so amended) on or after such date of enactment.
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