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PUBLIC LAW 105-292—OCT. 27, 1998 112 STAT. 2809 405(a) (or commensurate action in substitution thereto) and the effective date of the Presidential action. (3) DELAYS IN TRANSMITTAL OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTION REPORTS. — Any delay in transmittal of a Presidential action report, as described in section 404(b). (4) WAIVERS. — Any waiver under section 407. (b) LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— The President may limit publication of information under this section in the same manner and to the same extent as the President may limit the publication of findings and determinations described in section 654(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2414(c)), if the President determines that the publication of information under this section— (1) would be harmful to the national security of the United States; or (2) would not further the purposes of this Act. SEC. 409. TERMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS. 22 USC 6449. Any Presidential action taken under this Act with respect to a foreign country shall terminate on the earlier of the following dates: (1) TERMINATION DATE.— Within 2 years of the effective date of the Presidential action unless expressly reauthorized by law. (2) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ACTIONS.— Upon the determination by the President, in consultation with the Commission, and certification to Congress that the foreign government has ceased or taken substantial and verifiable steps to cease the particularly severe violations of religious freedom. SEC. 410. PRECLUSION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW. 22 USC 6450. No court shall have jurisdiction to review any Presidential determination or agency action under this Act or any amendment made by this Act. Subtitle II—Stren^hening Existing Law SEC. 421. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE. (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROHIBITION ON ECONOMIC ASSIST- ANCE. —Section 116(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(c)) is amended— (1) in the text above paragraph (1), by inserting "and in consultation with the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom" after "Labor"; (2) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (1); (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting "; 2ind"; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) whether the government— "(A) has engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom, as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998; or "(B) has failed to undertake serious and sustained efforts to combat particularly severe violations of religious freedom (as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998), when such efforts could have been reasonably tindertaken.".