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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 1860 (Introduced in Senate) — To protect and promote international religious freedom. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Accountability for severe violations of international religious freedom

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Section 212(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(G) ) is amended to read as follows: Any alien who was responsible for, or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom (as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6402 )) is inadmissible. . Section 237(a)(4)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(E) ) is amended to read as follows: Any alien who was responsible for, or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom (as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6402 )) is deportable. .
Chapter 118 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Any person who outside the United States commits, or attempts or conspires to commit, religious persecution— shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both; and if the death of any person results from the violation of this subsection, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for any term of years or for life. There is jurisdiction over an offense under subsection (a), and any attempt or conspiracy to commit such an offense, if— the victim is a United States person; the offender is a United States person or an alien residing in the United States, regardless of whether the alien is lawfully admitted for permanent residence; the offender is a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States; or after the conduct required for the offense occurs, the offender is brought into or found in the United States, even if the conduct required for the offense occurs outside the United States.
In this section: The terms admission to the United States , alien , immigrant , lawfully admitted for permanent residence , and nonimmigrant have the meanings given such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ). The term religious persecution means conduct that— is intended— to obstruct any person in the free exercise of religious belief or practice; or to terrorize or coerce any person because of the actual or perceived religion of any person; and if the conduct described in subparagraph
(A)occurred in the United States or in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate— section 81 (relating to arson); section 1111 (relating to murder); section 1201(a) (relating to kidnapping), regardless of whether the offender is the parent of the victim; section 1203 (relating to hostage taking), notwithstanding any exception under subsection
(b)of such section; section 1581(a) (relating to peonage); section 1583(a)(1) (relating to kidnapping or carrying away individuals for involuntary servitude or slavery); section 1584(a) (relating to sale into involuntary servitude); section 1589(a) (relating to forced labor); section 1590(a) (relating to trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor); section 1591(a) (relating to sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion); section 2241(a) (relating to aggravated sexual abuse by force or threat); section 2242 (relating to sexual abuse); or section 2340A (relating to torture), regardless of whether the offender is acting under color of law. The term United States person has the meaning given such term in section 3077. . Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following: No person may be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a violation of section 2443 unless the indictment or the information is filed not later than 10 years after the commission of the offense. . Title 18, United States Code, is amended— in the table of sections for chapter 118, by adding at the end the following: 2443. Religious persecution. ; and in the table of sections for chapter 213, by adding at the end the following: 3302. Religious persecution. .
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Sec. 4
Accountability for severe violations of international religious freedom
U.S.C.§ 1182
U.S.C.§ 6402
U.S.C.§ 1227
U.S.C.§ 1101
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