I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization 
Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 201 of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6431) is amended by inserting before the period 
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at the end the following: ‘‘, which shall be an independent 
Federal Government advisory body’’. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—Subsection (b)(3) of section 201 
of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6431) is amended by striking ‘‘The appointments 
required by paragraph (1) shall be made not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘The President and Members 
of Congress are encouraged to appoint members of the 
Commission within 90 days of a vacancy on the Commis-
sion.’’. 
(c) VACANCIES.—Subsection (g) of section 201 of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
6431) is amended by striking the second sentence. 
SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 
Subsection (a) of section 708 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
(A) by striking ‘‘and the director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the director’’; and 
(B) inserting ‘‘and members of the United 
States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom,’’ after ‘‘Training Center,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘and the various’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the various’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, the relationship be-
tween religious freedom and security, and the 
role of religious freedom in United States for-
eign policy’’ after ‘‘violations of religious free-
dom’’. 
SEC. 4. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 204 of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6432b) is amended in the second sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘voting’’ after ‘‘nine’’. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—Subsection (b) of section 204 
of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6432b) is amended by inserting ‘‘voting members 
of the’’ after ‘‘The’’. 
(c) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Subsection (e) of sec-
tion 204 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432b) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘The Department of State is 
encouraged to allow Commissioners and Commission staff 
with the appropriate security clearance access to classified 
information, in order to fulfill the duties and responsibil-
ities of their positions.’’. 
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SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subsection (a) of section 207 of the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6435) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 6. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND DISCLOSURE. 
Paragraph (2) of section 208(d)(2) of the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
6435a(d)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) Intern, fellowship, and volunteer pro-
grams that are primarily of educational benefit 
to the intern, fellow, or volunteer. Sponsoring 
private parties may provide compensation and 
benefits to interns, fellows, and volunteers, pro-
vided that no conflict of interest arises.’’. 
SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 
Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’. 
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