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TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
Title VII of the International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6481 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 702. VOLUNTARY CODES OF CONDUCT FOR UNITED 
STATES 
INSTITUTIONS 
OF 
HIGHER 
EDU-
CATION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress recognizes the enduring im-
portance of United States institutions of higher education 
worldwide— 
‘‘(1) for their potential for shaping positive lead-
ership and new educational models in host countries; 
and 
‘‘(2) for their emphasis on teaching universally 
recognized rights of free inquiry and academic free-
dom. 
‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that United States institutions of higher education oper-
ating campuses outside the United States or establishing 
any educational entities with foreign governments, particu-
larly with or in countries the governments of which engage 
in or tolerate severe violations of religious freedom as iden-
tified in the Annual Report, should seek to adopt a vol-
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untary code of conduct for operating in such countries that 
should— 
‘‘(1) uphold the right of freedom of religion of 
their employees and students, including the right to 
manifest that religion peacefully as protected in inter-
national law; 
‘‘(2) ensure that the religious views and peaceful 
practice of religion in no way affect, or be allowed to 
affect, the status of a worker’s or faculty member’s 
employment or a student’s enrollment; and 
‘‘(3) make every effort in all negotiations, con-
tracts, or memoranda of understanding engaged in or 
constructed with a foreign government to protect aca-
demic freedom and the rights enshrined in the United 
Nations Declaration of Human Rights. 
‘‘SEC. 703. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NATIONAL SE-
CURITY STRATEGY TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM THROUGH UNITED STATES FOR-
EIGN POLICY. 
‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the annual national 
security strategy report of the President required under sec-
tion 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3043)—
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‘‘(1) should promote international religious free-
dom as a foreign policy and national security pri-
ority; and 
‘‘(2) should articulate that promotion of the right 
to freedom of religion is a strategy that— 
‘‘(A) protects other, related human rights, 
and advances democracy outside the United 
States; and 
‘‘(B) makes clear its importance to United 
States foreign policy goals of stability, security, 
development, and diplomacy; 
‘‘(3) should be a guide for the strategies and ac-
tivities of relevant Federal agencies; and 
‘‘(4) should inform the Department of Defense 
quadrennial defense review under section 118 of title 
10, United States Code, and the Department of State 
Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.’’. 
SEC. 602. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The table of contents of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to section 605 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 606. Studies on the effect of expedited removal provisions on asylum 
claims.’’; 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 
604 the following:
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‘‘Sec. 605. Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Religious 
Freedom.’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 702. Voluntary codes of conduct for United States institutions of higher 
education operating outside the United States. 
‘‘Sec. 703. Sense of Congress regarding national security strategy to promote reli-
gious freedom through United States foreign policy.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.