Sec. 102. Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
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Section 102(b)(1) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1) ) is amended— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking September 1 and inserting May 1 ; in subparagraph (A)— by redesignating clause
(iv)as clause (vii); and by inserting after clause
(iii)the following new clauses: particularly severe violations of religious freedom in that country in the case of a foreign country with respect to which a government does not exist or the government does not control its territory; an identification of prisoners in that country pursuant to section 108; any action taken by the government of that country to censor religious content, communications, or worship activities online, including descriptions of the targeted religious group, the content, communication, or activities censored, and the means used; and ; in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i)— by inserting persecution of lawyers, politicians, or other human rights advocates seeking to defend the rights of members of religious groups or highlight religious freedom violations, prohibitions on ritual animal slaughter or male infant circumcision, after entire religions, ; and by inserting policies that ban or restrict the public manifestation of religious belief and the peaceful involvement of religious groups or their members in the political life of each such foreign country, after such groups, ; in subparagraph (C)— by striking A description and inserting A comprehensive description ; by striking policies in support and inserting diplomatic and political coordination efforts, and other policies in support ; and by adding at the end before the period the following: , and a comprehensive and country-specific analysis of the impact of actions by the United States on the status of religious freedom in each such country ; and in subparagraph (F)— in clause (i)— by striking section 402(b)(1) and inserting section 402(b)(1)(B)(i) ; and by adding at the end the following: Any country in which a non-state actor designated as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom under section 301 of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act is located shall be included in this section of the report. ; and by adding at the end the following: A list, to be known as the Special Watch List , which shall identify each country that engages in or tolerates severe violations of religious freedom during the previous year but which the President determines does not meet, at the time of the publication of the Annual Report, all of the criteria described in section 3(11) for designation under section 402(b)(1). . It is the sense of Congress that— the original intent of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6401 et seq. ) was to require annual reports from both the Department of State and the Commission on International Religious Freedom to be delivered each year, during the same calendar year, and with at least 5 months separating these reports, in order to provide updated information for policymakers, Members of Congress, and nongovernmental organizations; and given that the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices no longer contain updated information on religious freedom conditions globally, it is important that the Department of State and the Commission work together to fulfill the original intent of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
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