112 STAT. 2800
PUBLIC LAW 105-292—OCT. 27, 1998
22 USC 6435.
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL. — T here are authorized to be appropriated to
the Commission $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 and
2000 to carry out the provisions of this title.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (a) are authorized to remain available
until expended but not later thsm the date of termination of the
Commission.
22 USC 6436.
SEC. 206. TERMINATION.
The Commission shall terminate 4 years after the initial
appointment of all of the Commissioners.
TITLE III—NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL
SEC. 301. SPECIAL ADVISER ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM.
Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
402) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(i) It is the sense of the Congress that there should be within
the staff of the National Security Council a Special Adviser to
the President on International Religious Freedom, whose position
should be comparable to that of a director within the Executive
Office of the President. The Special Adviser should serve as a
resource for executive branch officials, compiling and maintaining
information on the facts and circumstances of violations of religious
freedom (as defined in section 3 of the International Religious
Freedom Act of 1998), and making policy recommendations. The
Special Adviser should serve as liaison with the Ambassador at
Large for International Religious Freedom, the United States
Commission on International Religious Freedom, Congress and,
as advisable, religious nongovernmental organizations.".
TITLE IV—PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS
Subtitle I—Targeted Responses to
Violations of Religious Freedom Abroad
22 USC 6441.
SEC. 401. PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO VIOLATIONS OF
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
(a) RESPONSE TO VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) UNITED STATES POLICY.—I t shall be the policy of
the United States—
(i) to oppose violations of religious freedom that
are or have been engaged in or tolerated by the governments of foreign countries; and
(ii) to promote the right to freedom of religion
in those countries through the actions described in
subsection (b).
(B) REQUIREMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTION. — For each
foreign country the government of which engages in or
tolerates violations of religious freedom, the President shall
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