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22 U.S.C. § 6433a — Commission personnel matters
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**(a) In general** The Commission may, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an Executive Director and such other additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties. The decision to employ or terminate an Executive Director shall be made by an affirmative vote of at least six of the nine members of the Commission.
**(b) Compensation** The Commission may provide reasonable compensation to the Executive Director without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 relating to classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the Executive Director may not exceed the rate payable under level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of such title. The rate of pay for other personnel of the Commission may not exceed the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title. All employees of the Commission shall otherwise be treated as employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, including for purposes of applying the Standing Rules of the Senate. The Commission shall be treated as an employing office of the Senate.
**(c) Professional staff** The Commission and the Executive Director shall hire Commission staff on the basis of professional and nonpartisan qualifications. Commissioners may not individually hire staff of the Commission. Staff shall serve the Commission as a whole and may not be assigned to the particular service of a single Commissioner or a specified group of Commissioners. This subsection does not prohibit staff personnel from assisting individual members of the Commission with particular needs related to their duties.
**(d) Staff and services
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**(a) In general** The Commission may, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an Executive Director and such other additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties. The decision to employ or terminate an Executive Director shall be made by an affirmative vote of at least six of the nine members of the Commission.
**(b) Compensation** The Commission may provide reasonable compensation to the Executive Director without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 relating to classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the Executive Director may not exceed the rate payable under level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of such title. The rate of pay for other personnel of the Commission may not exceed the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title. All employees of the Commission shall otherwise be treated as employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, including for purposes of applying the Standing Rules of the Senate. The Commission shall be treated as an employing office of the Senate.
**(c) Professional staff** The Commission and the Executive Director shall hire Commission staff on the basis of professional and nonpartisan qualifications. Commissioners may not individually hire staff of the Commission. Staff shall serve the Commission as a whole and may not be assigned to the particular service of a single Commissioner or a specified group of Commissioners. This subsection does not prohibit staff personnel from assisting individual members of the Commission with particular needs related to their duties.
**(d) Staff and services of other Federal agencies**
(1) **Department of State** — The Secretary of State shall assist the Commission by providing on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis to the Commission such staff and administrative services as may be necessary and appropriate to perform its functions.
(2) **Other Federal agencies** — Upon the request of the Commission, the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its functions under this subchapter. The detail of any such personnel shall be without interruption or loss of civil service or Foreign Service status or privilege.
**(e) Security clearances** The Executive Director shall be required to obtain a security clearance. The Executive Director may request, on a needs-only basis and in order to perform the duties of the Commission, that other personnel of the Commission be required to obtain a security clearance. The level of clearance shall be the lowest necessary to appropriately perform the duties of the Commission.
**(f) Cost** The Commission shall reimburse all appropriate Government agencies for the cost of obtaining clearances for members of the Commission, for the Executive Director, and for any other personnel.
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**(a) In general** Not later than May 1 of each year, the Commission shall submit a report to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress setting forth its recommendations for United States policy options based on its evaluations under [section 6432 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6432&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Classified form of report** The report may be submitted in classified form, together with a public summary of recommendations, if the classification of information would further the purposes of this chapter.
**(c) Individual or dissenting views** Each member of the Commission may include the individual or dissenting views of the member.
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**(a) Findings** Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The right to freedom of religion undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States. Many of our Nation’s founders fled religious persecution abroad, cherishing in their hearts and minds the ideal of religious freedom. They established in law, as a fundamental right and as a pillar of our Nation, the right to freedom of religion. From its birth to this day, the United States has prized this legacy of religious freedom and honored this heritage by standing for religious freedom and offering refuge to those suffering religious persecution.
(2) Freedom of religious belief and practice is a universal human right and fundamental freedom articulated in numerous international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Helsinki Accords, the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, the United Nations Charter, and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
(3) Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. This right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.”. Article 18(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognizes that “Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in
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**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission $3,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 and 2026 to carry out the provisions of this chapter and [section 6433a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6433a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Availability of funds** Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) shall remain available until the earlier of—
(1) the date on which they have been expended; or
(2) the date on which the Commission is terminated under [section 6436 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6436&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Limitation** In each fiscal year, the Commission shall only be authorized to expend amounts that have been appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) if the Commission—
(1) complies with the requirements set forth in [section 6433a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6433a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) submits the annual financial report required under [section 6435a(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6435a/e&num=0&edition=prelim) to the appropriate congressional committees.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 6433a
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘sections’’.
ommendations, if the classification of informa-
tion would further the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Individual or dissenting views
Each member of the Commission may include
the individual or dissenting views of the mem-
ber.
(Pub. L. 105–292, title II, § 205, formerly § 203, Oct.
27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2799; renumbered § 205, Pub. L.
106–55, § 1(b)(2), Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 401.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the
original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 105–292, Oct. 27,
1998, 112 Stat. 2787, known as the International Reli-
gious Freedom Act of 1998, which is classified prin-
cipally to this chapter. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under
section 6401 of this title and Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 205 of Pub. L. 105–292 was renumbered
section 207 and is classified to section 6435 of this title.
§ 6433a. Strategic plan
(a) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees
The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means—
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives;
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate; and
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
(2) Commission
The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the United
States Commission on International Religious
Freedom established under section 6431 of this
title.
(3) Commissioner
The term ‘‘Commissioner’’ means a member
of the Commission.
(4) Vice Chair
The term ‘‘Vice Chair’’ means the Vice Chair
of the Commission who was appo
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