22 USC Ch. 73: Front Matter
From Title 22-FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSECHAPTER 73-INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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CHAPTER 73-INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Sec.
6401.
Findings; policy.
(a)
Findings.
(b)
Policy.
6402.
Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIVITIES
6411.
Office on International Religious Freedom; Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.
(a)
Establishment of Office.
(b)
Appointment.
(c)
Duties.
(d)
Funding.
6412.
Reports.
(a)
Portions of annual Human Rights Reports.
(b)
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom.
(c)
Preparation of reports regarding violations of religious freedom.
6413.
Establishment of religious freedom Internet site.
6414.
High-level contacts with nongovernmental organizations.
6415.
Programs and allocations of funds by United States missions abroad.
6416.
Equal access to United States missions abroad for conducting religious activities.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Timing and location.
(c)
Discretionary access for foreign nationals.
6417.
Prisoner lists and issue briefs on religious freedom concerns.
(a)
Sense of Congress.
(b)
Prisoner lists and issue briefs on religious freedom concerns.
(c)
Availability of information.
SUBCHAPTER II-COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
6431.
Establishment and composition.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Membership.
(c)
Terms.
(d)
Election of Chair.
(e)
Quorum.
(f)
Meetings.
(g)
Vacancies.
(h)
Administrative support.
(i)
Funding.
6432.
Duties of Commission.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Policy review and recommendations in response to violations.
(c)
Policy review and recommendations in response to progress.
(d)
Effects on religious communities and individuals.
(e)
Monitoring.
6432a.
Powers of the Commission.
(a)
Hearings and sessions.
(b)
Information from Federal agencies.
(c)
Postal services.
(d)
Administrative procedures.
(e)
Views of the Commission.
(f)
Travel.
6432b.
Commission personnel matters.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Compensation.
(c)
Professional staff.
(d)
Staff and services of other Federal agencies.
(e)
Security clearances.
(f)
Cost.
6433.
Report of Commission.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Classified form of report.
(c)
Individual or dissenting views.
6434.
Applicability of other laws.
6435.
Authorization of appropriations.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Availability of funds.
6435a.
Standards of conduct and disclosure.
(a)
Cooperation with nongovernmental organizations, the Department of State, and Congress.
(b)
Conflict of interest and antinepotism.
(c)
Contract authority.
(d)
Gifts.
(e)
Annual financial report.
6436.
Termination.
SUBCHAPTER III-PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS
Part A-Targeted Responses to Violations of Religious Freedom Abroad
6441.
Presidential actions in response to violations of religious freedom.
(a)
Response to violations of religious freedom.
(b)
Presidential actions.
(c)
Implementation.
6442.
Presidential actions in response to particularly severe violations of religious freedom.
(a)
Response to particularly severe violations of religious freedom.
(b)
Designations of countries of particular concern for religious freedom.
(c)
Presidential actions with respect to countries of particular concern for religious freedom.
(d)
Statutory construction.
6443.
Consultations.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Duty to consult with foreign governments prior to taking Presidential actions.
(c)
Duty to consult with humanitarian organizations.
(d)
Duty to consult with United States interested parties.
6444.
Report to Congress.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Delay in transmittal of report.
6445.
Description of Presidential actions.
(a)
Description of Presidential actions.
(b)
Commensurate action.
(c)
Binding agreements.
(d)
Exceptions.
6446.
Effects on existing contracts.
6447.
Presidential waiver.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Congressional notification.
6448.
Publication in Federal Register.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Limited disclosure of information.
6449.
Termination of Presidential actions.
6450.
Preclusion of judicial review.
Part B-Strengthening Existing Law
6461.
Exports of certain items used in particularly severe violations of religious freedom.
(a)
Mandatory licensing.
(b)
Licensing ban.
SUBCHAPTER IV-REFUGEE, ASYLUM, AND CONSULAR MATTERS
6471.
Use of Annual Report.
6472.
Reform of refugee policy.
(a),
(b) Omitted.
(c)
Guidelines for refugee-processing posts.
(d)
Annual consultation.
6473.
Reform of asylum policy.
(a)
Guidelines.
(b)
Training for asylum and immigration officers.
(c)
Training for immigration judges.
6474.
Studies on effect of expedited removal provisions on asylum claims.
(a)
Studies.
(b)
Reports.
(c)
Access to proceedings.
SUBCHAPTER V-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
6481.
Business codes of conduct.
(a)
Congressional finding.
(b)
Sense of Congress.