Sec. 2. Presidential actions in response to particularly severe violations of religious freedom
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Section 402(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6442(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking Not later than September 1 of each year, the President shall review and inserting the following: “Not later than 90 days after the date on which each report is submitted under section 102(b), the President shall— review ; and by striking or since the date and all that follows through longer. The President shall designate and inserting the following:
“longer; and designate ; and in subparagraph (C), by striking prior to September 1 of the respective year and inserting before the date on which the report is submitted under section 102(b) ; and in paragraph (3)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively, and moving each clause 2 ems to the right; in the matter preceding clause (i), as redesignated— by striking Whenever and inserting the following: Whenever ; and by striking as soon as practicable and inserting not later than 120 days ; in subparagraph (A), as redesignated— in clause (i), as redesignated, by striking and at the end; in clause (ii), as redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the actions taken, the purposes of the actions taken, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the actions taken. ; and by adding at the end the following: If the President does not designate a country as a country of particular concern for religious freedom under paragraph (1)(A) after the Commission has recommended such designation, the President shall submit a report to Congress that contains the reasons for such nondesignation. A country that is designated as a country of particular concern for religious freedom under paragraph (1)(A) shall retain such designation until the President determines and reports to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that the country should no longer be so designated. . Section 402(c)(5) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6442(c)(5) ) is amended— in the second sentence— by striking must and inserting shall ; by striking he and inserting the President ; and by inserting and include a description of the impact of the designation of such sanction or sanctions before the period at the end; and by adding at the end the following: The President shall submit a report to the . Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that explains why the decision was made that 1 or more of such sanctions also satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
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Presidential actions in response to particularly severe violations of religious freedom
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