PUBLIC LAW 105-292—OCT. 27, 1998 112 STAT. 2787 Public Law 105- 105th Congress •292 An Act To express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted in foreign countries on account of religion; to authorize United States actions in response to violations of religious freedom in foreign countries; to establish an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom within the Department of State, a Commission on International Religious Freedom, and a Special Adviser on International Religious Freedom within the National Security Council; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This Act may be cited as the "International Religious Freedom Act of 1998". (b) TABLE OP CONTENTS. —The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings; policy. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIVITIES Office on International Religious Freedom; Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. Reports. Establishment of a religious freedom Internet site. Training for Foreign Service officers. High-level contacts with nongovernmental organizations. Programs and allocations of funds by United States missions abroad. Equal access to United States missions abroad for conducting religious activities. Prisoner lists and issue briefs on religious fi:«edom concerns. TITLE II—COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Sec. 201. Establishment and composition. Sec. 202. Duties of the Commission. Sec. 203. Report of the Commission. Sec. 204. Applicability of other laws. Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 206. Termination. TITLE III—NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL Sec. 301. Special Adviser on International Religious Freedom. TITLE IV—PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS Subtitle I—Targeted Responses to Violations of Religious Freedom Abroad Sec. 401. Presidential actions in response to violations of religious freedom. in response to particularly severe violations of Oct. 27, 1998 [H.R. 2431] International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 22 USC 6401 note. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. Sec. 402. Presidential actions religious freedom. Sec. 403. Consultations. Sec. 404. Report to Confess. Sec. 405. Description of Presidential actions.
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