§ 6417. Prisoner lists and issue briefs on religious freedom concerns

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 title I § 108 · 112 Stat. 2787

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6417

   Pub. L. 105–292, title I, § 108, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2796

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 105–292, title I, § 108, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2796

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 108. PRISONER LISTS AND ISSUE BRIEFS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONCERNS. (a) Sense of the Congress.— To encourage involvement with religious freedom concerns at every possible opportunity and by all appropriate representatives of the United States Government, it is the sense of the Congress that officials of the executive branch of Government should promote increased advocacy on such issues during meetings between foreign dignitaries and executive branch officials or Members of Congress. (b) Prisoner Lists and Issue Briefs on Religious Freedom Concerns.— The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ambassador at Large, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, United States chiefs of mission abroad, regional experts, and nongovernmental human rights and religious groups, shall prepare and maintain issue briefs on religious freedom, on a country-by-country basis, consisting of lists of persons believed to be imprisoned, detained, or placed under house arrest for their religious faith, together with brief evaluations and critiques of the policies of the respective country restricting religious freedom. In considering the inclusion of names of prisoners on such lists, the Secretary of State shall exercise appropriate discretion, including concerns regarding the safety, security, and benefit to such prisoners. (c) Availability of Information.— The Secretary shall, as appropriate, provide religious freedom issue briefs under subsection (b) to executive branch officials and Members of Congress in anticipation of bilateral contacts with foreign leaders, both in the United States and abroad.

2. 2016

   Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act

   Pub. L. 114–281 § 104(1) · 130 Stat. 1426

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 6417(b)

   Pub. L. 114–281, § 104(1), substituted “activities, religious freedom advocacy, or efforts to protect and advance the universally recognized right to the freedom of religion,” for “faith,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–281, § 104(1), substituted “activities, religious freedom advocacy, or efforts to protect and advance the universally recognized right to the freedom of religion,” for “faith,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (b), by striking “faith,” and inserting “activities, religious freedom advocacy, or efforts to protect and advance the universally recognized right to the freedom of religion,”;

3. 2016

   Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act

   Pub. L. 114–281 § 104(2) · 130 Stat. 1426

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 6417(c)

   Pub. L. 114–281, § 104(2), substituted “make available” for “, as appropriate, provide”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–281, § 104(2), substituted “make available” for “, as appropriate, provide”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in subsection (c), by striking “, as appropriate, provide” and insert “make available”; and

4. 2016

   Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act

   Pub. L. 114–281 § 104(3) · 130 Stat. 1426

   Added · 22 U.S.C. § 6417(d)

   Pub. L. 114–281, § 104(3), added subsec. (d)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114–281, § 104(3), added subsec. (d).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) by adding at the end the following: “(d) Victims List Maintained by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.— “(1) In general.— The Commission shall make publicly available, to the extent practicable, online and in official publications, lists of persons it determines are imprisoned or detained, have disappeared, been placed under house arrest, been tortured, or subjected to forced renunciations of faith for their religious activity or religious freedom advocacy by the government of a foreign country that the Commission recommends for designation as a country of particular concern for religious freedom under section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) or by a non-state actor that the Commission recommends for designation as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom under section 301 of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act and include as much publicly available information as practicable on the conditions and circumstances of such persons. “(2) Discretion.— In compiling lists under paragraph (1), the Commission shall exercise all appropriate discretion, including consideration of the safety and security of, and benefit to, the persons who may be included on the lists and the families of such persons.” .

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