Sec. 601. Actions against persons responsible for committing particularly severe violations of international religious freedom
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Title VI of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6471 et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating section 605 as section 606; and by inserting after section 604 the following new section: Notwithstanding section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 ), the President may exercise the authority specified in section 203 of such Act with respect to— any foreign person that the President determines, based on credible evidence, plays a role in committing, ordering, sponsoring, or materially supporting systemic, egregious, and ongoing violations of religious freedom; or any foreign person that the President determines to be providing material or other assistance supporting violence or terrorist acts targeting members of religious groups.
Upon exercising the authority described in subsection
(a)with respect to a foreign person, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report— identifying the foreign persons that the President determines to be subject to action under subsection
(a)and the basis for such determination; and describing the actions carried out against such foreign persons pursuant to subsection (a). Upon suspending or terminating any action imposed on a person under the authority of subsection (a), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees written notification of such suspension or termination. Reports submitted under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. In this subsection: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The term foreign person means a person that is not a United States person. The term person means an individual or entity. The term United States person means— a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such entity. .
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