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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3384 

To establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat 

Islamophobia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 14, 2021 

Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, and Mr. SANDERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To establish in the Department of State the Office to 

Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, 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 ‘‘Combating Inter5 national Islamophobia Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE 

7 TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ISLAMOPHOBIA. 

8 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

9 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 64. MONITORING AND COMBATING ISLAMOPHOBIA. 

2 ‘‘(a) OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT

3 ISLAMOPHOBIA.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 

6 the Secretary of State shall establish within the De7 partment of State an Office to Monitor and Combat 

8 Islamophobia (in this section referred to as the ‘Of9 fice’). 

10 ‘‘(2) HEAD OF OFFICE.— 

11 ‘‘(A) SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MONITORING

12 AND COMBATING ISLAMOPHOBIA.—The head of 

13 the Office shall be the Special Envoy for Moni14 toring and Combating Islamophobia (in this 

15 section referred to as the ‘Special Envoy’) who 

16 shall be appointed by the Secretary of State. 

17 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY.— 

18 The Secretary may— 

19 ‘‘(i) if considered appropriate by the 

20 Secretary, appoint the Special Envoy from 

21 among officers and employees of the De22 partment of State; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) allow any such officer or em24 ployee appointed as Special Envoy to re25 tain the position (and the responsibilities 

26 associated with such position) held by such 


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1 officer or employee prior to such appoint2 ment. 

3 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE OF OFFICE.—The Office shall be re4 sponsible for the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) Monitoring and combating acts of 

6 Islamophobia and Islamophobic incitement that 

7 occur in foreign countries. 

8 ‘‘(2) Coordinating and assisting in the prepara9 tion of that portion of the reports required by sec10 tions 116(d)(9) and 502B(k) of the Foreign Assist11 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d), 2304(k)) re12 lating to an assessment and description of the na13 ture and extent of acts of Islamophobia and 

14 Islamophobic incitement. 

15 ‘‘(3) Coordinating and assisting in the prepara16 tion of that portion of the report required by section 

17 102(b)(1)(A)(viii) of the International Religious 

18 Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

19 6412(b)(1)(A)(viii)) relating to an assessment and 

20 description of the nature and extent of acts of 

21 Islamophobia and Islamophobic incitement. 

22 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATIONS.—The Special Envoy shall con23 sult with domestic and international nongovernmental or24 ganizations and multilateral organizations and instituVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Dec 16, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3384.IS S3384

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1 tions, as the Special Envoy considers appropriate, to carry 

2 out this section.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. INCLUSION IN DEPARTMENT OF STATE ANNUAL RE4 PORTS OF INFORMATION CONCERNING ACTS 

5 OF ISLAMOPHOBIA IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

6 (a) INCLUSION IN ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON

7 HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES.—The Foreign Assistance 

8 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended— 

9 (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 

10 (A) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

11 at the end; 

12 (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(13) wherever applicable, a description of the 

17 nature and extent of acts of Islamophobia and 

18 Islamophobic incitement that occurred during the 

19 preceding year, including descriptions of— 

20 ‘‘(A) acts of physical violence against, or 

21 harassment of, members of the Muslim commu22 nity, and acts of violence against, or vandalism 

23 of, Muslim community institutions, including 

24 schools, mosques, and cemeteries; 


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1 ‘‘(B) instances of propaganda in govern2 ment and nongovernment media that attempt to 

3 justify or promote racial hatred or incite acts of 

4 violence against members of the Muslim com5 munity; 

6 ‘‘(C) the actions, if any, taken by the gov7 ernment of that country to respond to such vio8 lence and attacks or to eliminate such propa9 ganda or incitement; 

10 ‘‘(D) the actions taken by such government 

11 to enact and enforce laws relating to the protec12 tion of the right to religious freedom of mem13 bers of the Muslim community; and 

14 ‘‘(E) the efforts of such government to 

15 promote anti-bias and tolerance education.’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304), by— 

18 (A) redesignating the second subsection (i) 

19 (relating to child marriage status) as subsection 

20 (j); and 

21 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

22 subsection: 

23 ‘‘(k) INFORMATION CONCERNING ACTS OF

24 ISLAMOPHOBIA IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—The report re25 quired by subsection (b) shall include, wherever applicable, 


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1 a description of the nature and extent of acts of 

2 Islamophobia and Islamophobic incitement that occurred 

3 during the preceding year, including descriptions of— 

4 ‘‘(1) acts of physical violence against, or harass5 ment of, members of the Muslim community, and 

6 acts of violence against, or vandalism of, Muslim 

7 community institutions, including schools, mosques, 

8 and cemeteries; 

9 ‘‘(2) instances of propaganda in government 

10 and nongovernment media that attempt to justify or 

11 promote racial hatred or incite acts of violence 

12 against members of the Muslim community; 

13 ‘‘(3) the actions, if any, taken by the govern14 ment of that country to respond to such violence and 

15 attacks or to eliminate such propaganda or incite16 ment; 

17 ‘‘(4) the actions taken by such government to 

18 enact and enforce laws relating to the protection of 

19 the right to religious freedom of members of the 

20 Muslim community; and 

21 ‘‘(5) the efforts of such government to promote 

22 anti-bias and tolerance education.’’. 

23 (b) INCLUSION IN ANNUAL REPORT ON INTER24 NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.—Section 102(b)(1)(A) 


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1 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

2 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)(A)) is amended— 

3 (1) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (2) in clause (vii)(II), by striking the period at 

5 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

6 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

7 clause: 

8 ‘‘(viii) wherever applicable, an assess9 ment and description of the nature and ex10 tent of acts of Islamophobia and 

11 Islamophobic incitement that occurred in 

12 that country during the preceding the year, 

13 including— 

14 ‘‘(I) acts of physical violence 

15 against, or harassment of, members of 

16 the Muslim community, acts of vio17 lence against, or vandalism of, Muslim 

18 community institutions, instances of 

19 propaganda in government and non20 government media that incite such 

21 acts, and statements and actions re22 lating thereto; and 

23 ‘‘(II) the actions taken by the 

24 government of that country to re25 spond to such violence and attacks or 


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1 to eliminate such propaganda or in2 citement, to enact and enforce laws 

3 relating to the protection of the right 

4 to religious freedom of members of 

5 the Muslim community, and to pro6 mote anti-bias and tolerance edu7 cation.’’. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCLUSIONS.—The amend9 ments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply on the 

10 date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

11 this Act. 

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