SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom Reform and Re-
authorization Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION. 
(a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 201(b)(1)(B) of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
6431(b)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘Nine’’ and inserting ‘‘five’’; 
(2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Three members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘One member’’; 
(3) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Three members’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Two members’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘two of the members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘one member’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘one of the members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the other member’’; and 
(4) in clause (iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Three members’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Two members’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘two of the members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘one member’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘one of the members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the other member’’.
(b) TERMS.—Section 201(c) of the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking the last sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘An individual is 
not eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms 
as a member of the Commission. Each member serv-
ing on the Commission on the date of enactment of 
the United States Commission on International Reli-
gious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 
2011 may be reappointed to not more than one addi-
tional consecutive term.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘May 
15, 2003, through May 14, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘May 15, 2012, through May 14, 2014’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(B) PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The 
member of the Commission appointed by the 
President under subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) shall be 
appointed to a 1-year term.’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘three members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘two members’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘the other two ap-
pointments’’ and inserting ‘‘the other ap-
pointment’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘2-year terms’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to a 2-year term’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘three members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘two members’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the other two ap-
pointments’’ and inserting ‘‘the other ap-
pointment’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘2-year terms’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to a 2-year term’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘May 
15, 2003, and shall end on May 14, 2004’’ and 
inserting ‘‘May 15, 2012, and shall end on May 
14, 2013’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) INELIGIBILITY FOR REAPPOINTMENT.—If 
a member of the Commission attends, by being phys-
ically present or by conference call, less than 75 per-
cent of the meetings of the Commission during one 
of that member’s terms on the Commission, the
member shall not be eligible for reappointment to 
the Commission.’’. 
(c) ELECTION
OF CHAIR.—Section 201(d) of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
6431(d)) is amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘No member of the Commission is eligible to be elected 
as Chair of the Commission for a second, consecutive 
term.’’. 
(d) QUORUM.—Section 201(e) of the International 
Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(e)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Six’’ and inserting ‘‘Four’’. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—A member of the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom who is 
serving on the Commission on the date of enactment of 
this Act shall continue to serve on the Commission until 
the expiration of the current term of the member under 
the terms and conditions for membership on the Commis-
sion as in effect on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS. 
Section 204 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432b) is amended by inserting 
after subsection (f) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION OF ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS.— 
For purposes of providing remedies and procedures to ad-
dress alleged violations of rights and protections that per-
tain to employment discrimination, family and medical 
leave, fair labor standards, employee polygraph protection, 
worker adjustment and retraining, veterans’ employment 
and reemployment, intimidation or reprisal, protections 
under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, occu-
pational safety and health, labor-management relations, 
and rights and protections that apply to employees whose 
pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives, all employees of the Commission shall be treated as 
employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
of Representatives and the Commission shall be treated 
as an employing office of the Senate or the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 207(a) of the International Religious Free-
dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6435(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘for the fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of 
the fiscal years 2012 and 2013’’. 
SEC. 5. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND DISCLOSURE. 
Section 208 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6435a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘International 
Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign Affairs’’. 
SEC. 6. TERMINATION. 
Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2013’’. 
SEC. 7. REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS TO 
PROMOTE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on the implementation of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Comptroller General shall 
consult with the appropriate congressional committees and 
nongovernmental organizations for purposes of preparing 
the report. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report shall 
include the following: 
(1) A review of the effectiveness of all United 
States Government programs to promote inter-
national religious freedom, including their goals and 
objectives. 
(2) An assessment of the roles and functions of 
the Office on International Religious Freedom estab-
lished in section 101(a) of the International Reli-
gious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6411(a)) and 
the relationship of the Office to other offices in the 
Department of State. 
(3) A review of the role of the Ambassador at 
Large for International Religious Freedom ap-
pointed under section 101(b) of the International 
Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6411(b)) 
and the placement of such position within the De-
partment of State. 
(4) A review and assessment of the goals and 
objectives of the United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom established under sec-
tion 201(a) of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(a)). 
(5) A comparative analysis of the structure of 
the United States Commission on International Reli-
gious Freedom as an independent non-partisan enti-
ty in relation to other United States advisory com-
missions, whether or not such commissions are 
under the direct authority of Congress.
(6) A review of the relationship between the 
Ambassador at Large for International Religious 
Freedom and the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom, and possible re-
forms that would improve the ability of both to 
reach their goals and objectives. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 3 of the International Religious Free-
dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402). 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2867 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998, and for other purposes.