Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 73 — International Religious Freedom
§ 6415. Programs and allocations of funds by United States missions abroad
Statutory text
It is the sense of the Congress that—
United States diplomatic missions in countries the governments of which engage in or tolerate violations of the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion should develop, as part of annual program planning, a strategy to promote respect for the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion; and
in allocating or recommending the allocation of funds or the recommendation of candidates for programs and grants funded by the United States Government, United States diplomatic missions should give particular consideration to those programs and candidates deemed to assist in the promotion of the right to religious freedom.
Legislative history
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International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105–292 title I § 106 · 112 Stat. 2787
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6415
(Pub. L. 105–292, title I, § 106, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2796.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 105–292, title I, § 106, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2796.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 106. PROGRAMS AND ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS BY UNITED STATES MISSIONS ABROAD. It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) United States diplomatic missions in countries the governments of which engage in or tolerate violations of the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion should develop, as part of annual program planning, a strategy to promote respect for the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion; and (2) in allocating or recommending the allocation of funds or the recommendation of candidates for programs and grants funded by the United States Government, United States diplomatic missions should give particular consideration to those programs and candidates deemed to assist in the promotion of the right to religious freedom.
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