Sec. 501. Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of 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: The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ambassador at Large and in consultation with relevant government and nongovernment experts, shall establish and maintain a list of foreign individuals to whom a consular post has denied a visa on the grounds of particularly severe violations of religious freedom under section 212(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(G) ), or who are subject to financial sanctions or other measures for particularly severe violations of freedom of religion.
The list required under paragraph
(1)shall be known as the Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Religious Freedom . The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains the list required under subsection (a), including, with respect to each foreign individual on the list— the name of the individual and a description of the particularly severe violation of religious freedom committed by the individual; the name of the country or other location in which such violation took place; and a description of the actions taken pursuant to this Act or any other Act or Executive order in response to such violation. The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees— the initial report required under paragraph
(1)not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act ; and updates to the report every 180 days thereafter and as new information becomes available. The report required under paragraph
(1)should be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives . .
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Sec. 501
Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Religious Freedom
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