§ 6402. Definitions

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “Presidential”.
2. 2 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1998

   International Religious Freedom Act of 1998

   Pub. L. 105–292 § 3 · 112 Stat. 2787

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6402

   Pub. L. 105–292, § 3, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2790

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 105–292, § 3, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2790

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   SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Ambassador at large.— The term “Ambassador at Large” means the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom appointed under section 101(b). (2) Annual report.— The term “Annual Report” means the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom described in section 102(b). (3) Appropriate congressional committees.— The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; and (B) in the case of any determination made with respect to the taking of President action under paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 405(a), the term includes the committees described in subparagraph (A) and, where appropriate, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. (4) Commensurate action.— The term “commensurate action” means action taken by the President under section 405(b). (5) Commission.— The term “Commission” means the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom established in section 201(a). (6) Country reports on human rights practices.— The term “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” means the annual reports required to be submitted by the Department of State to Congress under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (7) Executive summary.— The term “Executive Summary” means the Executive Summary to the Annual Report, as described in section 102(b)(1)(F). (8) Government or foreign government.— The term “government” or “foreign government” includes any agency or instrumentality of the government. (9) Human rights reports.— The term “Human Rights Reports” means all reports submitted by the Department of State to Congress under sections 116 and 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (10) Office.— The term “Office” means the Office on International Religious Freedom established in section 101(a). (11) Particularly severe violations of religious freedom.— The term “particularly severe violations of religious freedom” means systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom, including violations such as— (A) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; (B) prolonged detention without charges; (C) causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons; or (D) other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons. (12) Special adviser.— The term “Special Adviser” means the Special Adviser to the President on International Religious Freedom described in section 101(i) of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by section 301 of this Act. (13) Violations of religious freedom.— The term “violations of religious freedom” means violations of the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion and religious belief and practice, as set forth in the international instruments referred to in section 2(a)(2) and as described in section 2(a)(3), including violations such as— (A) arbitrary prohibitions on, restrictions of, or punishment for— (i) assembling for peaceful religious activities such as worship, preaching, and prayer, including arbitrary registration requirements; (ii) speaking freely about one’s religious beliefs; (iii) changing one’s religious beliefs and affiliation; (iv) possession and distribution of religious literature, including Bibles; or (v) raising one’s children in the religious teachings and practices of one’s choice; or (B) any of the following acts if committed on account of an individual’s religious belief or practice: detention, interrogation, imposition of an onerous financial penalty, forced labor, forced mass resettlement, imprisonment, forced religious conversion, beating, torture, mutilation, rape, enslavement, murder, and execution.

2. 2016

   Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act

   Pub. L. 114–281 § 3(2) · 130 Stat. 1426

   1. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 6402(10)(14)

      Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(2), (3), added pars. (10) and (11)

   2. Redesignated · 22 U.S.C. § 6402(10)(14)

      Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(2), (3), redesignated former pars. (10) to (12) as (12) to (14), respectively. Former par. (13) redesignated (16)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pars. (10) to (14). Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(2), (3), added pars. (10) and (11) and redesignated former pars. (10) to (12) as (12) to (14), respectively. Former par. (13) redesignated (16).

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   (2) by redesignating paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) as paragraphs (12), (13), and (14), respectively;

3. 2016

   Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act

   Pub. L. 114–281 § 3(4) · 130 Stat. 1426

   Added · 22 U.S.C. § 6402(15)

   Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(4), added par. (15)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (15). Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(4), added par. (15).

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   (4) by inserting after paragraph (14), as redesignated, the following: “(15) Special watch list.— The term ‘Special Watch List’ means the Special Watch List described in section 402(b)(1)(A)(iii).” ; and

4. 2016

   Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act

   Pub. L. 114–281 § 3(1) · 130 Stat. 1426

   Redesignated · 22 U.S.C. § 6402(16)

   Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(1), redesignated par. (13) as (16)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (16). Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(1), redesignated par. (13) as (16).

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   (1) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (16);

5. 2016

   Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act

   Pub. L. 114–281 § 3(5)(A) · 130 Stat. 1426

   1. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 6402(16)(A)(iv)(vi)

      Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(5)(A), added cl. (iv)

   2. Redesignated · 22 U.S.C. § 6402(16)(A)(iv)(vi)

      Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(5)(A), redesignated former cls. (iv) and (v) as (v) and (vi), respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (16)(A)(iv) to (vi). Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(5)(A), added cl. (iv) and redesignated former cls. (iv) and (v) as (v) and (vi), respectively.

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   (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; and (ii) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: “(iv) not professing a particular religion, or any religion;” ; and

6. 2016

   Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act

   Pub. L. 114–281 § 3(5)(B) · 130 Stat. 1426

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 6402(16)(B)

   Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(5)(B), inserted “conscience, non-theistic views, or” after “an individual’s” and “forcibly compelling non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert,” after “forced religious conversion,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (16)(B). Pub. L. 114–281, § 3(5)(B), inserted “conscience, non-theistic views, or” after “an individual’s” and “forcibly compelling non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert,” after “forced religious conversion,”.

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   (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by inserting “conscience, non-theistic views, or” before “religious belief or practice”; and (ii) by inserting “forcibly compelling non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert,” after “forced religious conversion,”.

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