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That the House of Representatives— marks the 20th anniversary of the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.) by reaffirming the commitment of the United States to advance religious freedom as a fundamental part of United States foreign policy; commends the Administration for its strong commitment to protect religious freedom globally and efforts to prioritize the protection of religious minorities from violence and other serious human rights abuses; commends the Department of State, the Secretary of State, and the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom for hosting the Ministerial to Advance International Religious Freedom from July 24 to July 26, 2018, and for all their efforts to engage like-minded allies globally to advance religious freedom and protect vulnerable religious minorities; commends United States allies that are working to protect religious freedom globally and those providing humanitarian aid and technical assistance to vulnerable religious minorities; calls on the President, the Secretary of State, the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, and Members of Congress to leverage the growing network of foreign religious freedom focused institutions and parliamentary groups including such bodies as the International Contact Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief, the Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance, the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief, and the Commonwealth Initiative for Freedom of Religion or Belief, among others; calls on the President and the Secretary of State, in accordance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, as amended by the Frank R.
Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–281 ), to continue strengthening United States religious freedom diplomacy and the training of United States diplomats in religious freedom; reaffirms the commitment of Congress to work with the Administration to carry out the religious freedom priorities made in the 2018 National Security Strategy of the United States and develop a coordinated strategy to advance international religious freedom and protect vulnerable religious minorities globally; calls on the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, and other relevant agencies, and working closely with like-minded allies, to develop a comprehensive response plan to protect and assist the victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, forced dislocations, mass detentions, and violence from extremist actors or terrorists, including in, among other places, Iraq, Syria, China, Burma, North Korea, Nigeria, and Somalia; and calls on the President, the Secretary of State, and the United States Trade Representative to ensure that trade negotiations include religious freedom conditions as mandated by the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (title I of Public Law 114–26 ).
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