Sec. 301. Special Adviser for Global Religion Engagement and International Religious Freedom; Interagency Policy Committees
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Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 ) is amended— in subsection (k)— in the first sentence— by striking It is the sense of that there should be and inserting The President shall appoint ; and by striking Special Adviser to the President on International Religious Freedom, whose position should be comparable to that of a director and inserting Special Adviser for Global Religion Engagement and International Religious Freedom, whose position shall be comparable to that of a senior director ; and by striking the second and third sentences and inserting the following:
The Special Adviser, shall assist the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom described in section 101 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to coordinate international religious freedom policies and global religion engagement strategies throughout the Executive Branch and develop policy recommendations and strategies relevant to the programs, projects, activities of the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, and the United States Agency for International Development.
The Special Adviser shall serve as a resource and liaison for executive branch officials, Congress, and nongovernmental organizations as appropriate on matters relating to international religious freedom policy and engagement with religious communities outside the United States. ; and by adding at the end, the following new subsections: There should be established within the National Security Council a permanent interagency policy committee to be known as the Interagency Policy Committee on International Religious Freedom and Global Religion Engagement (in this subsection referred to as the Committee ).
The Committee should be chaired by the Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom described in section 101 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and include all appropriate executive agency officials needed to carry out the functions of this Act. The Committee should develop a global religion engagement strategy globally to advance international religious freedom, develop strategies to better advance international religious freedom policy, and help coordinate such strategies across the Executive Branch.
There should be established within the National Security Council a permanent interagency policy committee to be known as the Interagency Policy Committee on Religion, International Religious Freedom, and National Security (in this subsection referred to as the Committee ). The Committee should be co-chaired by the Deputy National Security Advisor and the Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom described in section 101 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. The Committee should analyze conditions and trends of international religious freedom and identify potential national security risks related to the absence of religious freedom globally, including threats to stability from authoritarian governments, terrorism, violent religious extremism, sectarian and religiously related violence, and laws that restrict religious freedom and develop strategies to address such threats.
In addition, the Committee should coordinate policy on the intersection of religion, international religious freedom, and United States interests in preventing terrorism, countering violent extremism, and mitigating and preventing conflict. . Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President should promulgate regulations to carry out subsections (k), (m), and
(n)of section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 as amended by subsection
(a)of this section.
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