§ 6483. Sense of Congress regarding national security strategy to promote religious freedom through United States foreign policy

Statutory text

It is the sense of Congress that the annual national security strategy report of the President required under section 3043 of title 50—

should promote international religious freedom as a foreign policy and national security priority; and

should articulate that promotion of the right to freedom of religion is a strategy that—

protects other, related human rights, and advances democracy outside the United States; and

makes clear its importance to United States foreign policy goals of stability, security, development, and diplomacy;

should be a guide for the strategies and activities of relevant Federal agencies; and

should inform the Department of Defense quadrennial defense review under section 118 1 of title 10 and the Department of State Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.

Footnotes

1 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.

2016
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105–292 title VII § 703 · 112 Stat. 2787
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6483
(Pub. L. 105–292, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 114–281, title VI, § 601, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1439.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 105–292, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 114–281, title VI, § 601, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1439.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 118 of title 10, referred to in par. (4), was repealed by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title IX, § 941(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2367. Subsequently, a new section 118 of Title 10, Armed Forces, related to annual report on major weapons systems sustainment, was added by Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title III, § 351(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1319. For provisions related to national defense strategy similar to those contained in former section 118 of Title 10 prior to repeal, see section 113(g) of Title 10.

Credits

(Pub. L. 105–292, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 114–281, title VI, § 601, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1439.)