I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5846 
To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to improve 
the ability of the United States to protect religious freedom globally 
through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign as-
sistance efforts, and through stronger and more timely and flexible polit-
ical responses to religious freedom violations worldwide, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2014 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees 
on Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
to improve the ability of the United States to protect 
religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, 
training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance efforts, 
and through stronger and more timely and flexible polit-
ical responses to religious freedom violations worldwide, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Frank R. Wolf Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 2014’’. 
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 
religious minorities, religiously motivated conflict, 
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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 is linked directly to United States 
interests in stability, security, and development glob-
ally, the promotion of international religious freedom 
requires new and evolving policies, religion engage-
ment strategies, and diplomatic responses that are 
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drawn from the expertise of the national security 
agencies, the diplomatic services, Congress, and 
other governmental agencies and nongovernmental 
organizations, and are coordinated across and car-
ried out by the entire range of Federal agencies that 
are engaged with or conduct negotiations or United 
States Government funded programs with govern-
ments or violent nonstate actors that engage in or 
tolerate violations 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) SENIOR
DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Senior 
Director’ means the Senior Director for Global Reli-
gion Engagement and International Religious Free-
dom Promotion described in section 101 of the Na-
tional Security 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 exercises significant political power or 
influence at a national or international level and 
which, through violence or the threat of violence, de-
stabilizes existing government structures or gains 
defacto or actual control over large territories within 
existing countries and which engages in or tolerates 
violations of religious freedom. 
‘‘(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)’’. 
SEC. 4. OFFICE ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM; 
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.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
before the period the following: ‘‘, and shall report 
directly to the Secretary of State.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘responsibility’’ and in-
serting ‘‘responsibilities’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘shall be to advance’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘shall be to— 
‘‘(A) advance’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A), as so added, 
by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) integrate United States international 
religious freedom policies and religious engage-
ment strategies into democracy, civil society, 
conflict prevention and mitigation, and develop-
ment efforts funded by the United States and 
into the counterterrorism policies of Federal 
agencies, including the Department of Defense, 
the Department of Homeland Security, the De-
partment of State, and the Department of the 
Treasury.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a prin-
cipal adviser’’ and inserting ‘‘the principal ad-
viser’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) contacts with nongovernmental orga-
nizations that have an impact on the state of 
religious freedom in their respective societies or 
regions, or internationally.’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) 
COORDINATION
RESPONSIBILITIES.—In 
order to promote religious freedom as an interest of 
United States foreign policy, the Ambassador at 
Large shall seek to coordinate religious freedom poli-
cies and religious engagement strategies across all 
programs, projects, and activities of the United 
States, including the programs, projects, and activi-
ties of the Department of Defense, the Department 
of Homeland Security, the Department of State, the 
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Department of the Treasury, and the United States 
Agency for International Development.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘staff for the 
Office’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘individuals to fill at least 15 
full-time equivalent staff positions, under the direct 
supervision of the Ambassador at Large, including a 
senior advisor, for the Office, for the conduct of in-
vestigations by the Office, and for necessary travel 
to carry out the provisions of this section. The Sec-
retary of State shall also provide to the Ambassador 
at Large representation funds equal to the amount 
of representation funds provided to other Ambas-
sadors at Large in the Department of State.’’. 
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM. 
Paragraph (1) of section 102(b) of the International 
Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(v) any action taken by a govern-
ment or other entity to censor religious 
content, communications, or worship activi-
ties online, including descriptions of the 
targeted religious group, the content, com-
munication, or activities censored, the 
means used, and government or other enti-
ty engaged in such online censorship activi-
ties.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘persecution of lawyers, 
politicians, or other human rights advocates 
seeking to defend targeted religious groups or 
highlight religious freedom violations, prohibi-
tions on ritual animal slaughter or male infant 
circumcision,’’ after ‘‘entire religions,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘policies that ban or re-
strict the public manifestation of religious belief 
and the peaceful involvement of religious groups 
or their members in the political life of each 
such foreign country,’’ after ‘‘such groups,’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘A description’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘A comprehensive description’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘policies in support’’ and 
inserting ‘‘religious engagement policies in sup-
port’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end before the period 
the following: ‘‘, and a unique, comprehensive, 
and country-specific analysis of the impact of 
actions by the United States on the status of 
religious freedom in each such country.’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (F), by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) SPECIAL WATCH LIST.—A list, 
to be known as the ‘Special Watch List’, 
which shall identify any country or violent 
nonstate actor that has engaged in or tol-
erated systematic, egregious, or ongoing 
violations of religious freedom during the 
previous reporting year but which the Sec-
retary determines does not meet, at the 
time of the publication of the Annual Re-
port, the criteria for designation as a coun-
try of particular concern for religious free-
dom under section 402(b)(1).’’. 
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SEC. 6. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS; RE-
PORT. 
(a) AMENDMENT
TO FOREIGN SERVICE ACT
OF 
1980.—Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘The Secretary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘REFU-
GEES.—The Secretary of State’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘The Secretary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘CHILD 
SOLDIERS.—The Secretary of State’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT
OF CURRICULUM.—The Sec-
retary of State, with the assistance of other relevant offi-
cials, including the Ambassador at Large for International 
Religious Freedom appointed under section 101(b) of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the Director 
of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training 
Center, and other Federal officials as appropriate, and in 
consultation with the United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom established in section 201(a) 
of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, shall 
develop a curriculum for training United States Foreign 
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Service officers in the meaning and strategic value of reli-
gious freedom, how violations of religious freedom harm 
fundamental United States interests, how the advance-
ment of religious freedom can advance such interests, how 
United States international religious freedom policy 
should be carried out in practice by United states dip-
lomats and other Foreign Service officers, and the rel-
evance and relationship of religious freedom to United 
States defense, diplomacy, development, and public affairs 
efforts. 
‘‘(b) TRAINING PROGRAM.—Not later than the date 
that is one year after the date of the enactment of the 
Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 
2014, the Director of the George P. Shultz National For-
eign Affairs Training Center shall begin mandatory train-
ing on religious freedom for all Foreign Service officers, 
including all entry level officers and all outgoing deputy 
chiefs of mission and ambassadors. Such training shall, 
at minimum, be a separate, independent, and required 
segment of each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The A–100 course attended by all Foreign 
Service officers. 
‘‘(2) The courses required of every Foreign 
Service officer prior to a posting outside the United 
States, with segments tailored to the particular reli-
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gious demography, religious freedom conditions, and 
United States strategies for advancing religious free-
dom, in each receiving country. 
‘‘(3) The courses required of all outgoing dep-
uty chiefs of mission and ambassadors. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION SHARING.—The curriculum and 
training materials developed pursuant to subsections (a) 
and (b) shall be shared with the United States Armed 
Forces and intelligence community to provide training and 
particularized instruction on United States religious free-
dom policies, religious traditions, and religious and cul-
tural issues for the countries the Armed Forces and intel-
ligence community are responsible.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, with 
the assistance of the Ambassador at Large for Inter-
national Religious Freedom, and the Director of the 
George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Cen-
ter, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate a report containing a com-
prehensive plan for undertaking training for Foreign Serv-
ice officers as required under section 708 of the Foreign 
Services Act of 1980, as amended by subsection (a) of this 
section. 
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SEC. 7. PRISONER LISTS AND ISSUE BRIEFS ON RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM CONCERNS. 
Section 108 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6417) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SENSE OF 
THE CONGRESS’’ and inserting ‘‘INCREASED 
DIPLOMATIC ADVOCACY’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘it is the sense of the Con-
gress that officials of the executive branch of 
Government should promote’’ and inserting 
‘‘appropriate officials of the executive branch, 
including the Secretary of State, the Ambas-
sador at Large for Religious Freedom, and 
State Department officials from regional bu-
reaus, shall promote’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, as appro-
priate, provide’’ and insert ‘‘make available’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) VICTIMS LIST MAINTAINED BY THE COMMIS-
SION.—The Commission shall compile, maintain, and 
make publicly available online and in official publications, 
regularly updated lists of persons it determines are impris-
oned, detained, disappeared, placed under house arrest, 
tortured, or subject to forced renunciations of faith by a 
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foreign government that the Commission recommends for 
designation as a country of particular concern for religions 
freedom under section 402(b) or a violent nonstate actor 
and include information on the conditions and cir-
cumstances of such individuals. In compiling such lists, 
the Commission shall exercise appropriate discretion, in-
cluding consideration of the safety and security of, and 
benefit to, the persons who may be included on the lists 
and their families.’’. 
SEC. 8. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
Subsection (a) of section 202 of the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘responsibility’’ and inserting ‘‘responsibil-
ities’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) by making annual recommendations on 
countries, and violent nonstate actors, as appro-
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priate, which commit particularly severe violations of 
religious freedom and issuing reports on any other 
countries and violent nonstate actors that the Com-
mission believes to have engaged in or tolerated vio-
lations of religious freedom; and 
‘‘(4) recommending specific policy responses or 
actions that may be taken under section 405(a), in-
cluding any commensurate actions that may be 
taken.’’. 
SEC. 9. REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
Subsection (a) of section 205 of the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6433) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 180 days after the date of 
the submission of the report required of the Sec-
retary of State under section 102(b), submit an an-
nual report to the President, the Secretary of State, 
and the appropriate congressional committees set-
ting forth its recommendation for United States pol-
icy options based on evaluations of country condi-
tions under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
202(a); and 
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‘‘(2) submit recommendations required under 
paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 202(a) sufficiently 
prior to the annual designation of each country of 
particular concern for religious freedom under sec-
tion 402(b) to allow for presidential consideration of 
such recommendations.’’. 
SEC. 10. SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR GLOBAL RELIGION EN-
GAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM PROMOTION; INTERAGENCY POL-
ICY COMMITTEES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 
1947.—Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3021) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (k)— 
(A) in the first sentence, 
(i) by striking ‘‘It is the sense of that 
there should be’’ and inserting ‘‘The Presi-
dent shall appoint’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Special Adviser to the 
President on International Religious Free-
dom’’ and inserting ‘‘Senior Director for 
Global Religion Engagement and Inter-
national Religious Freedom Promotion’’; 
and 
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(B) by striking the second and third sen-
tences and inserting the following: ‘‘The Senior 
Director, shall develop and coordinate religious 
freedom policies and religion engagement strat-
egies throughout the Executive Branch, serve 
as a resource for executive branch officials, 
compile and maintain information on the facts 
and circumstances of violations of religious free-
dom, assist in coordinating all programs, 
projects, and activities of the United States to 
promote religious freedom and religious engage-
ment outside the United States, and make pol-
icy recommendations relevant to the programs, 
projects, activities of the Department of De-
fense, the Department of Homeland Security, 
the Department of State, the Department of 
the Treasury, and the United States Agency for 
International Development, and carry out all 
other applicable duties, responsibilities, and co-
ordination activities enumerated in the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998. The 
Senior Director shall serve as liaison with the 
Ambassador at Large for International Reli-
gious Freedom and the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom de-
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scribed in the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998, Congress, religious and nongovern-
mental organizations, and, as appropriate, Cab-
inet-level agencies.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end, the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(m) INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE ON RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM AND ENGAGEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
within the National Security Council a permanent 
interagency policy committee to be known as the 
‘Interagency Policy Committee on Religious Free-
dom and Engagement’ (in this subsection referred to 
as the ‘Committee’). 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be 
co-chaired by the Senior Director for Global Religion 
Engagement and International Religious Freedom 
Promotion and the Ambassador at Large for Reli-
gious Freedom described in section 101 of the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall de-
velop a religion engagement strategy globally and co-
ordinate international religious freedom policy across 
the Executive Branch. 
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‘‘(n) INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE ON RELI-
GION, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND NATIONAL SECURITY.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
within the National Security Council a permanent 
interagency policy committee to be known as the 
‘Interagency Policy Committee on Religion, Human 
Rights, and National Security’ (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘Committee’). 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be 
chaired by the Deputy National Security Advisor, 
the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, and the Ambassador at 
Large for Religious Freedom described in section 
101 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall coordi-
nate policy on the intersection of religion, human 
rights, and United States interests in preventing ter-
rorism, countering violent extremism, and mitigating 
and preventing conflict.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall pro-
mulgate regulations to carry out subsections (k), (m), and 
(n) of section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 
as amended by subsection (a) of this section. 
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SEC. 11. PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO VIOLA-
TIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
Section 401(b) of the International Religious Free-
dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6441(b)) is amended, 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Special Ad-
viser’’ and inserting ‘‘Senior Director’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE FOR ACTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), not later than 90 days after 
the date on which each of the Annual Reports 
is submitted under section 102(b), the Presi-
dent shall take 1 or more of the actions re-
ferred to in section 405(a) or a commensurate 
action with respect to each foreign country and 
violent nonstate actor that has engaged in or 
tolerated violations of religious freedom at any 
time since the previous such report was sub-
mitted. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
PREREQUISITE.—The 
President may not take any of the actions de-
scribed in paragraphs (9) through (15) of sec-
tion 405(a) or a commensurate action with re-
spect to a foreign country or violent nonstate 
actor until the President certifies that the re-
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quirements under sections 403 and 404 have 
been satisfied with respect so such country or 
actor.’’. 
SEC. 12. PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO PAR-
TICULARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM. 
Section 402 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the date on which each Annual Re-
port is submitted under section 102(b), the 
President shall— 
‘‘(i) review the status of religious free-
dom in each foreign country to determine 
whether the government of that country 
has engaged in or tolerated particularly se-
vere violations of religious freedom in each 
such country during the preceding 12 
months or longer; and 
‘‘(ii) designate each country the gov-
ernment of which has engaged in or toler-
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ated violations described in clause (i) as a 
country of particular concern for religious 
freedom under section 402(b).’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘prior to September 1 of the respective 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘before the date on 
which each Annual Report is submitted 
under section 102(b)’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the Presi-
dent designates a country as a country of par-
ticular concern for religious freedom under 
paragraph (1)(A), the President shall, not later 
than 120 days after the designation is made, 
transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees— 
‘‘(i) the designation of the country, 
signed by the President; 
‘‘(ii) the identification, if any, of re-
sponsible parties determined under para-
graph (2); and 
‘‘(iii) a description of the actions 
taken under subsection (c), the purposes of 
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the actions taken, and the effectiveness of 
the actions taken. 
‘‘(B) 
REMOVAL
OF
DESIGNATION.—A 
country that is designated as a country of par-
ticular concern for religious freedom under 
paragraph (1)(A) shall retain such designation 
until the President determines and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees that 
the country should no longer be so designated. 
‘‘(C) EXPLANATION
FOR
NONDESIGNA-
TION.—If the President does not designate a 
country as a country of particular concern for 
religious freedom under paragraph (1)(A) after 
the Commission has recommended such des-
ignation, the President shall provide an expla-
nation for the nondesignation to the appro-
priate congressional committees.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end, the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF COUNTRIES ON SPECIAL 
WATCH LIST.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall 
designate as a country of particular concern for 
religious freedom under paragraph (1)(A) any 
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country that appears on the Special Watch 
List— 
‘‘(i) in more than 2 consecutive An-
nual Reports; 
‘‘(ii) in any 4 Annual Reports; 
‘‘(iii) in more than 1 Annual Report 
after the expiration of a waiver issued 
under subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(iv) in more than 1 Annual Report if 
the President has previously designated 
such country as a country of particular 
concern for religious freedom under para-
graph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) EXERCISE OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
The President may waive the application of 
clauses (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) with re-
spect to a country for up to 2 years if the 
President certifies to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress that— 
‘‘(i) the country has entered into an 
agreement with the United States to carry 
out specific and credible actions to improve 
religious freedom conditions and end reli-
gious freedom violations; 
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‘‘(ii) the country has entered into an 
agreement with the United Nations, the 
European Union, or other ally of the 
United States, to carry out specific and 
credible actions to improve religious free-
dom conditions and end religious freedom 
violations; or 
‘‘(iii) waiver is in the national security 
interests of the United States. 
‘‘(C) EFFECT ON DESIGNATION AS COUN-
TRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.—The presence 
or absence of a country from the Special Watch 
List in any given year shall not preclude the 
designation of such country as a country of par-
ticular concern for religious freedom under 
paragraph (1)(A) in any such year.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(5), in the second sentence, 
by inserting ‘‘and include a description of the impact 
of the designation of such sanction or sanctions that 
exist in each country’’ after ‘‘determines satisfy the 
requirements of this subsection’’. 
SEC. 13. CONSULTATIONS. 
Subsection (a) of section 403 of the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6443) is amended 
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by striking ‘‘As soon as practicable’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 
later than 90 days’’. 
SEC. 14. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Subsection (a) of section 404 of the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6444) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘decides to take action under 
section 401’’ and inserting ‘‘takes action under sec-
tion 401’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘decides to take action under 
paragraphs’’ and inserting ‘‘takes the required ac-
tion under paragraphs’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘Special Adviser’’ and inserting ‘‘Sen-
ior Director’’; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) the impact on other policy tools, 
and a description of policy tools being ap-
plied in the country, including programs 
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that target democratic stability, economic 
growth, and counterterrorism.’’. 
SEC. 15. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER. 
Section 407 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6447) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, for a 180- 
day period beginning on the date of the initial des-
ignation,’’ after ‘‘may waive’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that ongoing and persistent waivers for any country 
designated as a country of particular concern for religious 
freedom under section 402(b) for engaging in particularly 
severe violations of religious freedom do not fulfill the pur-
poses of this Act, and, given that promotion of religious 
freedom is a compelling United States foreign policy pri-
ority, the President, the Secretary of State, and other ex-
ecutive branch officials, in consultation with Congress, 
should seek to find ways to address existing violations, on 
a country-by-country basis, through the actions specified 
in section 405 or other commensurate actions, possibly in-
cluding through the actions described in section 605, or 
by some other action that addresses the specific religious 
freedom violations of each country designated.’’. 
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SEC. 16. TERMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS. 
Section 409 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6449) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 409. TERMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS. 
‘‘Any Presidential action taken under this Act with 
respect to a foreign country shall terminate after a deter-
mination by the President, in consultation with the Com-
mission, and written certification to Congress that the for-
eign government has ceased or taken substantial and 
verifiable steps to cease the particularly severe violations 
of religious freedom’’. 
SEC. 17. COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN DESIGNA-
TION FOR VIOLENT NONSTATE ACTORS. 
Title IV of the International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6441 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 405 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 405A. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COUNTRY OF 
PARTICULAR CONCERN DESIGNATION FOR 
VIOLENT NONSTATE ACTORS. 
‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the country of par-
ticular concern for religious freedom designation described 
in section 402(b) and the Presidential actions described 
in 405 should be applicable to violent nonstate actors. The 
President should include, in the report to Congress re-
quired by section 404, any reasons why such violent 
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nonstate actors were not so designated (if the Council rec-
ommended doing so) and whether any presidential actions 
described in section 405 were taken against such violent 
nonstate actors’’. 
SEC. 18. ASSISTANCE FOR PROMOTING RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM. 
Section 501 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Of the amounts 
made available for fiscal years 2016 through 2021 for the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund established under 
section 664 of the Freedom Investment Act of 2002 (sub-
title E of title VI of Public Law 107–228), the Secretary 
of State shall provide to the Office— 
‘‘(1) not less than 5 percent of such amounts 
for each such fiscal year for the promotion of inter-
national religious freedom through groups that are 
able to develop legal protections or promote cultural 
and societal understanding of international norms of 
religious freedom and groups that seek to address 
and mitigate religiously motivated and sectarian vio-
lence; and 
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‘‘not less than 1 percent of such amounts for 
each such fiscal year for the Religious Freedom De-
fense Fund established under subsection (d). 
‘‘(d) RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEFENSE FUND.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Department of State a fund to be known as the 
‘Religious Freedom Defense Fund’ (referred to in 
this subsection as the ‘Fund’) which shall be admin-
istered by the Ambassador at Large. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNTS.—The Fund shall consist of 
amounts made available under subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(3) USE
OF
FUND.—The Ambassador at 
Large shall use amounts in the Fund to issue grants 
for the following: 
‘‘(A) Victims of religious freedom abuses 
and their families to cover legal and other ex-
penses that may arise from detention, imprison-
ment, torture, fines, and other restrictions. 
‘‘(B) Projects to help create and support a 
new generation of defenders of religious free-
dom, including legal and political advocates, 
and civil society projects which seek to create 
advocacy networks, train and educate new reli-
gious freedom defenders, and build the capacity 
of religious communities and rights defenders to 
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protect against religious freedom violations, sec-
tarian violence, or legal or other restrictions of 
the right to the freedom of religion and belief. 
‘‘(4) PREFERENCE.—In issuing grants under 
paragraph (3), the Ambassador at Large shall, as 
appropriate, give preference to projects targeting re-
ligious freedom violations in countries designated as 
countries of particular concern for religious freedom 
under section 402(b) and those included on the Spe-
cial Watch List. 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATION.—The Ambassador at Large 
should consult, in developing priorities and policies for dis-
bursing the funds referred to in subsection (c), including 
grant policies and the identification of potential grantees, 
with other Federal agencies, including the Commission, 
and the International Republican Institute, the National 
Democratic Institute, the National Endowment for De-
mocracy and, as appropriate, other nongovernmental orga-
nizations.’’. 
SEC. 19. ACTIONS AGAINST PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
COMMITTING PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLA-
TIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM. 
Title VI of the International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6471 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating section 605 as section 606; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 604 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 605. ACTIONS AGAINST PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
COMMITTING PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLA-
TIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO SANCTION PERSONS RESPON-
SIBLE FOR COMMITTING OR ORDERING PARTICULARLY 
SEVERE
VIOLATIONS
OF
INTERNATIONAL
RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM.—Notwithstanding section 202 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701), the President may exercise the authority specified 
in section 203 of such Act with respect to— 
‘‘(1) any person that the President determines 
plays a role in committing, ordering, or materially 
supporting particularly severe violations of religious 
freedom; or 
‘‘(2) any person that the President determines 
to be providing material or other assistance sup-
porting violent religious extremism. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON IDENTIFICATION AND 
SANCTION
OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE
FOR PARTICU-
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LARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Upon exercising the au-
thority described in subsection (a) with respect to a 
person, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report— 
‘‘(A) identifying the persons that the 
President determines to be subject to action 
under subsection (a) and the basis for such de-
termination; and 
‘‘(B) describing the actions carried out 
against such persons pursuant to subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(2) REPORT ON REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS.— 
Upon suspending or terminating any action imposed 
on a person under the authority of subsection (a), 
the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees written notification of such 
suspension or termination. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION
OF
CLASSIFIED
INFORMA-
TION.—Reports submitted under this subsection 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex.’’. 
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SEC. 20. 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 new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 702. CODES OF CONDUCT FOR UNITED STATES INSTI-
TUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION OUTSIDE 
THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress recognizes the enduring 
importance of United States institutions of higher edu-
cation worldwide both for their potential for shaping posi-
tive leadership and new educational models in host coun-
tries and for their emphasis on teaching universally recog-
nized rights of free inquiry and academic freedom. 
‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that United States institutions of higher education 
operating campuses outside the United States or estab-
lishing any educational entities with foreign governments, 
particularly with or in countries the governments of which 
engage in or tolerate severe violations of religious freedom 
as identified in the Annual Report and the annual report 
of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, 
should adopt a code of conduct— 
‘‘(1) upholding the right of freedom of religion 
of their employees and students, including the right 
to manifest that religion peacefully as protected in 
international law; 
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‘‘(2) ensuring that the religious views and 
peaceful practice of belief in no way affect, or be al-
lowed to affect, the status of a worker’s or faculty 
member’s employment or a student’s enrollment; and 
‘‘(3) affirming that all negotiations, contracts, 
or memoranda of understanding engaged in or con-
structed with a foreign government to establish any 
educational entity, shall be open, transparent, and 
made available for public inspection before conclu-
sion and that any such agreement shall affirm, at all 
times, academic freedom and universal rights to the 
freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, and associa-
tion. 
‘‘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— 
‘‘(1) the annual national security strategy re-
port of the President required by section 108 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043) 
should promote international religious freedom as a 
foreign policy and national security priority and 
should articulate that promotion of the right to free-
dom of religion or belief is a strategy that protects 
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other, related human rights, and advances democ-
racy outside the United States, and make clear its 
importance to United States foreign policy goals of 
stability, security, development, and diplomacy; 
‘‘(2) the national security strategy report 
should be a guide for the strategies and activities of 
relevant Federal agencies and inform the Depart-
ment of Defense quadrennial defense review under 
section 118 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Department of State Quadrennial Diplomacy and 
Development Review; and 
‘‘(3) in order to support the development of a 
national security strategy that emphasizes the chal-
lenges of integrating religious freedom into United 
States foreign policy at all levels, the President 
should consider— 
‘‘(A) adopting a whole-of-government ap-
proach to promote international religious free-
dom by creating senior policy positions and 
committees at the National Security Council, 
chaired by the Senior Directors of the National 
Security Council and the Ambassador at Large, 
and implemented through specific policy direc-
tives that guide the actions of other Federal 
agencies; and 
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‘‘(B) requesting a national intelligence esti-
mate on international religious freedom by the 
National Intelligence Council or any other intel-
ligence agency as appropriate, which that ana-
lyzes conditions and trends of international reli-
gious freedom and identifies potential national 
security risks related to the absence of religious 
freedom, including threats to stability from au-
thoritarian governments, terrorism, violent reli-
gious extremism, sectarian violence, and laws 
that restrict religious freedom. 
‘‘SEC. 704. REPORT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONDITIONS 
IN NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, AND VIETNAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of Frank R. Wolf International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 2014, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on whether religious freedom 
conditions are such that the countries of Nigeria, Paki-
stan, and Vietnam meet the criteria for designation as 
countries of particular concern for religious freedom under 
section 402(b). 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—The Comptroller General 
shall consult with the appropriate executive branch offi-
cials, appropriate congressional committees, and govern-
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mental and nongovernmental organizations for the pur-
poses of preparing the report required by subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A multiyear comparison of country reports 
on Nigeria, Pakistan, and Vietnam in the Annual 
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, the 
Annual Reports described in section 102(b), and the 
annual reports of the Commission. 
‘‘(2) A comparison of reports and publications 
on religious freedom conditions in Nigeria, Pakistan, 
and Vietnam issued by foreign governments, non-
governmental organizations, and academic entities, 
to the findings of the reports issued by the United 
States. 
‘‘(3) Discussions with current and former 
United States officials, including Members of Con-
gress, Commissioners, and staff of the Commission, 
about religious freedom conditions in Nigeria, Paki-
stan, and Vietnam, the requirements of this Act, and 
United States national interests in such countries. 
‘‘(4) Discussions with current and former 
United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Religion and 
Belief and their staffs, about religious freedom con-
ditions in Nigeria, Pakistan, and Vietnam. 
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‘‘(5) Discussions with academic and other ex-
perts, including representatives of religions and eth-
nic minority groups, about religious freedom condi-
tions in Nigeria, Pakistan, and Vietnam, the effect 
of United States advocacy for religious freedom in 
such countries, and United States national interests 
in such countries.’’. 
SEC. 21. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The table of contents of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 405 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 405A. Sense of Congress regarding country of particular concern designa-
tion for violent nonstate actors.’’; 
(2) 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.’’; 
(3) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 604 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 605. Actions against persons responsible for committing particularly se-
vere violations of international religious freedom.’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 702. 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 
religious freedom through United States foreign policy. 
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‘‘Sec. 704. Report on religious freedom conditions in Nigeria, Pakistan, and 
Vietnam.’’. 
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