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22 U.S.C. § 6481 — Designated persons list for particularly severe violations of religious freedom
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**(a) List**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ambassador at Large and in consultation with relevant government and nongovernment experts, shall establish and maintain a list of foreign individuals to whom a consular post has denied a visa on the grounds of particularly severe violations of religious freedom under [section 1182(a)(2)(G) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a/2/G&num=0&edition=prelim), or who are subject to financial sanctions or other measures for particularly severe violations of freedom religion.
(2) **Reference** — The list required under paragraph (1) shall be known as the “Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Religious Freedom”.
**(b) Report**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains the list required under subsection (a), including, with respect to each foreign individual on the list—
(A) the name of the individual and a description of the particularly severe violation of religious freedom committed by the individual;
(B) the name of the country or other location in which such violation took place; and
(C) a description of the actions taken pursuant to this chapter or any other Act or Executive order in response to such violation.
(2) **Submission and updates** — The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees—
(A) the initial report required under paragraph (1) not later than 180 days after December 16, 2016; and
(B) updates to the report every 180 days thereafter and as new information becomes available.
(3) **Form** — The report required under paragraph (1) should be submitted in unclassified form
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**(a) List**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ambassador at Large and in consultation with relevant government and nongovernment experts, shall establish and maintain a list of foreign individuals to whom a consular post has denied a visa on the grounds of particularly severe violations of religious freedom under [section 1182(a)(2)(G) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a/2/G&num=0&edition=prelim), or who are subject to financial sanctions or other measures for particularly severe violations of freedom religion.
(2) **Reference** — The list required under paragraph (1) shall be known as the “Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Religious Freedom”.
**(b) Report**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains the list required under subsection (a), including, with respect to each foreign individual on the list—
(A) the name of the individual and a description of the particularly severe violation of religious freedom committed by the individual;
(B) the name of the country or other location in which such violation took place; and
(C) a description of the actions taken pursuant to this chapter or any other Act or Executive order in response to such violation.
(2) **Submission and updates** — The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees—
(A) the initial report required under paragraph (1) not later than 180 days after December 16, 2016; and
(B) updates to the report every 180 days thereafter and as new information becomes available.
(3) **Form** — The report required under paragraph (1) should be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
(4) **Definition** — In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
(E) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(F) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
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**(a) Finding** Congress recognizes the enduring importance of United States institutions of higher education worldwide—
(1) for their potential for shaping positive leadership and new educational models in host countries; and
(2) for their emphasis on teaching universally recognized rights of free inquiry and academic freedom.
**(b) Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that United States institutions of higher education operating campuses outside the United States or establishing any educational entities with foreign governments, particularly with or in countries the governments of which engage in or tolerate severe violations of religious freedom as identified in the Annual Report, should seek to adopt a voluntary code of conduct for operating in such countries that should—
(1) uphold the right of freedom of religion of their employees and students, including the right to manifest that religion peacefully as protected in international law;
(2) ensure that the religious views and peaceful practice of religion in no way affect, or be allowed to affect, the status of a worker’s or faculty member’s employment or a student’s enrollment; and
(3) make every effort in all negotiations, contracts, or memoranda of understanding engaged in or constructed with a foreign government to protect academic freedom and the rights enshrined in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
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**(a) Guidelines** The Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall develop guidelines to ensure that persons with potential biases against individuals on the grounds of religion, race, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, including interpreters and personnel of airlines owned by governments known to be involved in practices which would meet the definition of persecution under international refugee law, shall not in any manner be used to interpret conversations between aliens and inspection or asylum officers.
**(b) Training for asylum and immigration officers** The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Ambassador at Large, and other relevant officials such as the Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, shall provide training to all officers adjudicating asylum cases, and to immigration officers performing duties under [section 1225(b) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1225/b&num=0&edition=prelim), on the nature of religious persecution abroad, including country-specific conditions, instruction on the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion, instruction on methods of religious persecution practiced in foreign countries, and applicable distinctions within a country in the treatment of various religious practices and believers.
**(c) Training for immigration judges** The Executive Office of Immigration Review of the Department of Justice shall incorporate into its initial and ongoing training of immigration judges training on the extent and nature of religious persecution internationally, including country-specific conditions, and including use of the Annual Report. Such training shall include go
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
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experts designated by the Commission, to de-
termine whether immigration officers per-
forming duties under section 1225(b) of title 8
with respect to aliens who may be eligible to
be granted asylum are engaging in any of the
following conduct:
(A) Improperly encouraging such aliens to
withdraw their applications for admission.
(B) Incorrectly failing to refer such aliens
for an interview by an asylum officer for a
determination of whether they have a cred-
ible fear of persecution (within the meaning
of section 1225(b)(1)(B)(v) of title 8).
(C) Incorrectly removing such aliens to a
country where they may be persecuted.
(D) Detaining such aliens improperly or in
inappropriate conditions.
(b) Reports
(1) Participation by experts
In the case of a Commission request under
subsection (a), the experts designated by the
Commission under that subsection may sub-
mit a report to the committees described in
paragraph (2). Such report may be submitted
with the Comptroller General’s report under
subsection (a)(2) or independently.
(2) Duties of Comptroller General
Not later than September 1, 2000, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall sub-
mit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, the
Committee on International Relations of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report
containing the results of the study conducted
under subsection (a)(2). If the Commission re-
quests designated experts to participate with
the Comptroller General in the preparation
and submission of the report, the Comptroller
General shall grant the request.
(c) Access to proceedings
(1) In general
Except as provided
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