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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2878 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to improve the ability of the United States to advance relig... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Definitions

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Section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6402 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraph
(13)as paragraph (16); by redesignating paragraphs (10), (11), and
(12)as paragraphs (12), (13), and (14), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(9)the following: The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). The term non-state actor means a nonsovereign entity that exercises significant political power and is able to exert influence at a national or international level but does not belong to or ally itself to any particular country and often employs illegal violence in pursuit of its objectives. ; by inserting after paragraph (14), as redesignated, the following: The term Special Watch List means the Special Watch List contained in the Executive Summary to the Annual Report and described in section 102(b)(1)(F)(iii). ; and in paragraph (16), as redesignated— in subparagraph (A)— by redesignating clauses
(iv)and
(v)as clauses
(v)and (vi), respectively; and by inserting after clause
(iii)the following: not professing a particular religion, or any religion; ; and in subparagraph (B)— by inserting conscience, non-theistic views, or before religious belief or practice ; and by inserting , forcibly compelling non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert after forced religious conversion .
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