SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 
2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings; policy. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 101. Office on International Religious Freedom; Ambassador at Large for 
International Religious Freedom. 
Sec. 102. Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. 
Sec. 103. Training for Foreign Service officers; report. 
Sec. 104. Prisoner lists and issue briefs on religious freedom concerns. 
TITLE II—COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM 
Sec. 201. Establishment and composition. 
Sec. 202. Commission personnel matters. 
Sec. 203. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 204. Standards of conduct and disclosure. 
Sec. 205. Termination. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
Sec. 301. Special Adviser for Global Religion Engagement and International 
Religious Freedom; Interagency Policy Committees. 
TITLE IV—PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS 
Sec. 401. Presidential actions in response to violations of religious freedom. 
Sec. 402. Presidential actions in response to particularly severe violations of re-
ligious freedom. 
Sec. 403. Consultations. 
Sec. 404. Report to Congress. 
Sec. 405. Presidential waiver. 
Sec. 406. Termination of Presidential actions. 
Sec. 407. Statement of policy regarding country of particular concern designa-
tion for violent nonstate actors. 
TITLE V—PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
Sec. 501. Assistance for promoting religious freedom. 
TITLE VI—REFUGEE, ASYLUM, AND CONSULAR MATTERS 
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Sec. 601. Actions against persons responsible for committing particularly severe 
violations of international religious freedom. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 701. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Sec. 702. Clerical amendments. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; POLICY. 
Section 2 of the International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), in the fourth sen-
tence, by inserting ‘‘prohibitions on ritual ani-
mal slaughter, male infant circumcision, censor-
ship of religious content, or worship on the 
Internet,’’ after ‘‘confiscations of property,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by amending the sec-
ond sentence to read as follows: ‘‘In many coun-
tries, religious believers are forced to meet se-
cretly, and religious leaders and believers are 
targeted by national security forces, violent 
nonstate actors, and hostile mobs.’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (9); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(7) There is growing evidence that dem-
onstrates a connection between the absence of reli-
gious freedom and increased levels of persecution of 
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religious minorities, religiously motivated conflict, 
violent extremism, and terrorism, including the kind 
of terrorism that has reached the United States. 
‘‘(8) It is increasingly clear that understanding 
religion and the political and security implications of 
religious motivation and conviction is critical to the 
success of United States diplomacy and foreign pol-
icy initiatives as there are studies that show— 
‘‘(A) 75 percent of the world’s population 
lives in countries where the right to the freedom 
of religion and belief is severely restricted, ei-
ther by the government or violent nonstate ac-
tors; and 
‘‘(B) 84 percent of the world’s population 
identifies strongly with a specific religious 
group.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) Because the promotion of international re-
ligious freedom is a foreign policy strategy that pro-
tects other, related human rights, advances democ-
racy abroad, and advances United States interests in 
stability, security, and development globally, the pro-
motion of international religious freedom requires 
new and evolving policies, global religion engagement 
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strategies, and diplomatic responses that are drawn 
from the expertise of the national security agencies, 
the diplomatic services, Congress, and other govern-
mental agencies and nongovernmental organizations, 
and are coordinated across and carried out by the 
entire range of Federal agencies that are engaged 
with or conduct negotiations or United States Gov-
ernment funded programs with governments or vio-
lent nonstate actors that engage in or tolerate viola-
tions of religious freedom.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (12) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(12) SPECIAL
ADVISER.—The term ‘Special 
Adviser’ means the Special Advisor for Global Reli-
gion Engagement and International Religious Free-
dom described in section 101 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end, the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(14) SPECIAL WATCH LIST.—The term ‘Spe-
cial Watch List’ means the Special Watch List de-
scribed in section 102(b)(1)(F)(iii). 
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‘‘(15) VIOLENT NONSTATE ACTOR.—The term 
‘violent nonstate actor’ means a nonsovereign entity 
or group that— 
‘‘(A) exercises significant political power or 
influence at a national or international level; 
and 
‘‘(B) engages in, finances, or tolerates vio-
lations of religious freedom, terrorism, or vio-
lence or discrimination targeting religious mi-
norities. 
‘‘(16) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)’’. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. OFFICE ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM; AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR INTER-
NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
Section 101 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6411) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The Office shall be located 
in the Office of the Secretary of State.’’; 
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