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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4653 

To reauthorize the United States Commission on International Religious 

Freedom, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2014 

Mr. WOLF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the United States Commission on 

International Religious Freedom, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Commis5 sion on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization 

6 Act of 2014’’. 

7 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 201 of 

9 the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

10 U.S.C. 6431) is amended by inserting before the period 


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1 at the end the following: ‘‘, which shall be an independent 

2 Federal Government advisory body’’. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—Subsection (b)(3) of section 201 

4 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

5 U.S.C. 6431) is amended by striking ‘‘The appointments 

6 required by paragraph (1) shall be made not later than 

7 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.’’ 

8 and inserting the following: ‘‘The President and Members 

9 of Congress are encouraged to appoint members of the 

10 Commission within 90 days of a vacancy on the Commis11 sion.’’. 

12 (c) VACANCIES.—Subsection (g) of section 201 of the 

13 International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

14 6431) is amended by striking the second sentence. 

15 SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 

16 Subsection (a) of section 708 of the Foreign Service 

17 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘and the director’’ and in20 serting ‘‘the director’’; and 

21 (B) inserting ‘‘and members of the United 

22 States Commission on International Religious 

23 Freedom,’’ after ‘‘Training Center,’’; and 

24 (2) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and the various’’ and in2 serting ‘‘the various’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘, the relationship be4 tween religious freedom and security, and the 

5 role of religious freedom in United States for6 eign policy’’ after ‘‘violations of religious free7 dom’’. 

8 SEC. 4. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 204 of 

10 the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

11 U.S.C. 6432b) is amended in the second sentence, by in12 serting ‘‘voting’’ after ‘‘nine’’. 

13 (b) COMPENSATION.—Subsection (b) of section 204 

14 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

15 U.S.C. 6432b) is amended by inserting ‘‘voting members 

16 of the’’ after ‘‘The’’. 

17 (c) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Subsection (e) of sec18 tion 204 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

19 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432b) is amended by adding at the end 

20 the following new sentence: ‘‘The Department of State is 

21 encouraged to allow Commissioners and Commission staff 

22 with the appropriate security clearance access to classified 

23 information, in order to fulfill the duties and responsibil24 ities of their positions.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Subsection (a) of section 207 of the International Re3 ligious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6435) is amended 

4 by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 

5 SEC. 6. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND DISCLOSURE. 

6 Paragraph (2) of section 208(d)(2) of the Inter7 national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

8 6435a(d)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(H) Intern, fellowship, and volunteer pro11 grams that are primarily of educational benefit 

12 to the intern, fellow, or volunteer. Sponsoring 

13 private parties may provide compensation and 

14 benefits to interns, fellows, and volunteers, pro15 vided that no conflict of interest arises.’’. 

16 SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 

17 Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom 

18 Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

20 2019’’. 

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