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22 U.S.C. § 6402 — Sense of Congress regarding national security strategy to promote religious freedom through United States foreign policy
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It is the sense of Congress that the annual national security strategy report of the President required under [section 3043 of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3043&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) should promote international religious freedom as a foreign policy and national security priority; and
(2) should articulate that promotion of the right to freedom of religion is a strategy that—
(A) protects other, related human rights, and advances democracy outside the United States; and
(B) makes clear its importance to United States foreign policy goals of stability, security, development, and diplomacy;
(3) should be a guide for the strategies and activities of relevant Federal agencies; and
(4) should inform the Department of Defense quadrennial defense review under section 118 11 See References in Text note below. of title 10 and the Department of State Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
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It is the sense of Congress that the annual national security strategy report of the President required under [section 3043 of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3043&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) should promote international religious freedom as a foreign policy and national security priority; and
(2) should articulate that promotion of the right to freedom of religion is a strategy that—
(A) protects other, related human rights, and advances democracy outside the United States; and
(B) makes clear its importance to United States foreign policy goals of stability, security, development, and diplomacy;
(3) should be a guide for the strategies and activities of relevant Federal agencies; and
(4) should inform the Department of Defense quadrennial defense review under section 118 11 See References in Text note below. of title 10 and the Department of State Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
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**(a) Authority to provide assistance** Subject to subsection (b), elements of the intelligence community may, upon the request of a United States law enforcement agency, collect information outside the United States about individuals who are not United States persons. Such elements may collect such information notwithstanding that the law enforcement agency intends to use the information collected for purposes of a law enforcement investigation or counterintelligence investigation.
**(b) Limitation on assistance by elements of Department of Defense**
(1) With respect to elements within the Department of Defense, the authority in subsection (a) applies only to the following:
(A) The National Security Agency.
(B) The National Reconnaissance Office.
(C) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
(D) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
(2) Assistance provided under this section by elements of the Department of Defense may not include the direct participation of a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps in an arrest or similar activity.
(3) Assistance may not be provided under this section by an element of the Department of Defense if the provision of such assistance will adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States.
(4) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing the exercise of authority under this section by elements of the Department of Defense, including regulations relating to the protection of sources and methods in the exercise of such authority.
**(c) Definitions** For purposes of subsection (a):
(1) The term “United States law enforcement agency” means any department or agency of the Federal Government that the Attorney General designates as law enforcement agency for purposes of this section.
(
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**(a) Materiel Readiness Metrics.—** Each head of an element of the Department specified in paragraphs (1) through (10) of [section 111(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section111/b&num=0&edition=prelim) shall establish and maintain materiel readiness metrics to enable assessment of the readiness of members of the armed forces to carry out—
(1) the strategic framework required by section 113(g)(1)(B)(vii) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title; and
(2) guidance issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to [section 113(g)(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Required Metrics.—** At a minimum, the materiel readiness metrics required by subsection (a) shall establish procedures and a computation methodology to determine the materiel availability, operational availability, operational capability, and materiel reliability of each major weapon system by designated mission, design series, variant, or class.
**(c) Materiel Readiness Objectives.—**
(1) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, each head of an element described in subsection (a) shall establish materiel readiness objectives for each major weapon system.
(2) Annually, each head of an element described in subsection (a) shall review and revise such materiel readiness objectives and include any such revisions in the materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President under [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Budget Justification.—** Not later than five days after the date on which the Secre
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**(a) Violations barring assistance; assistance for needy people** No assistance may be provided under subchapter I of this chapter, and no support may be provided under subchapter II of chapter 103 of this title, to the government of any country which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, including torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction and clandestine detention of those persons, or other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of person, unless such assistance will directly benefit the needy people in such country.
**(b) 11 So in original. Two subsecs. (b) have been enacted. Information to Congressional committees for realization of assistance for needy people; concurrent resolution terminating assistance** In determining whether this standard is being met with regard to funds allocated under subchapter I of this chapter or subchapter II of chapter 103 of this title, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives may require the Administrator primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter or the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, as applicable, to submit in writing information demonstrating that such assistance or support will directly benefit the needy people in such country, together with a detailed explanation of the assistance or support to be provided (including the dollar amounts of such assistance or support) and an explanation of how such assistance or support will directly benefit the needy people in such country. If
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**(a) Observance of human rights as principal goal of foreign policy; implementation requirements**
(1) The United States shall, in accordance with its international obligations as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in keeping with the constitutional heritage and traditions of the United States, promote and encourage increased respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the world without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. Accordingly, a principal goal of the foreign policy of the United States shall be to promote the increased observance of internationally recognized human rights by all countries.
(2) Except under circumstances specified in this section, no security assistance may be provided to any country the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. Security assistance may not be provided to the police, domestic intelligence, or similar law enforcement forces of a country, and licenses may not be issued under the Export Administration Act of 1979 for the export of crime control and detection instruments and equipment to a country, the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights unless the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate (when licenses are to be issued pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979).11 So in original. The period probably should not appear. that extraordinary circumstances exist warranting provision of such assistance and issuance of such licenses. Assistanc
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**(a) Policy goals** The United States Government, in connection with its voice and vote in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Monetary Fund, shall advance the cause of human rights, including by seeking to channel assistance toward countries other than those whose governments engage in—
(1) a pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, such as torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, or other flagrant denial to life, liberty, and the security of person; or
(2) provide refuge to individuals committing acts of international terrorism by hijacking aircraft.
**(b) Policy considerations for Executive Directors of institutions in implementation of duties** Further, the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct each Executive Director of the above institutions to consider in carrying out his duties:
(1) specific actions by either the executive branch or the Congress as a whole on individual bilateral assistance programs because of human rights considerations;
(2) the extent to which the economic assistance provided by the above institutions directly benefit the needy people in the recipient country;
(3) whether the recipient country—
(A) is seeking to acquire unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as defined in [section 6305(8) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6305/8&num=0&edition=prelim)) or a nuclear explosive device (
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**(a) In general** The President, concurrent with the annual foreign country review required under section 402(b)(1)(A) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ([22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6442/b/1/A&num=0&edition=prelim)), shall—
(1) review and identify any non-state actors operating in any such reviewed country or surrounding region that have engaged in particularly severe violations of religious freedom; and
(2) designate, in a manner consistent with such Act [[22 U.S.C. 6401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6401&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], each such non-state actor as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom.
**(b) Report** Whenever the President designates a non-state actor under subsection (a) as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom, the President, as soon as practicable after the designation is made, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the reasons for such designation.
**(c) Actions** The President should take specific actions, when practicable, to address severe violations of religious freedom of non-state actors that are designated under subsection (a)(2).
**(d) Department of State annual report** The Secretary of State should include information detailing the reasons the President designated a non-state actor as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom under subsection (a) in the Annual Report required under section 102(b)(1) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ([22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6412/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(e) Sense of Congress** It is
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**(a) National Security Council** There is a council known as the National Security Council (in this section referred to as the “Council”).
**(b) Functions** Consistent with the direction of the President, the functions of the Council shall be to—
(1) advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the Armed Forces and the other departments and agencies of the United States Government to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national security;
(2) assess and appraise the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United States in relation to the actual and potential military power of the United States, and make recommendations thereon to the President;
(3) make recommendations to the President concerning policies on matters of common interest to the departments and agencies of the United States Government concerned with the national security; and
(4) coordinate, without assuming operational authority, the United States Government response to malign foreign influence operations and campaigns.
**(c) Membership**
(1) **In general** — The Council consists of the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy and such other officers of the United States Government as the President may designate.
(2) **Attendance and participation in meetings** — The President may designate such other officers of the United States Government as the President considers appropriate, including the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of National Drug Control Policy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
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**(a) Classes of aliens ineligible for visas or admission** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, aliens who are inadmissible under the following paragraphs are ineligible to receive visas and ineligible to be admitted to the United States:
(1) **Health-related grounds**
(A) *In general* — Any alien—
(i) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to have a communicable disease of public health significance; 11 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a comma.
(ii) except as provided in subparagraph (C), who seeks admission as an immigrant, or who seeks adjustment of status to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and who has failed to present documentation of having received vaccination against vaccine-preventable diseases, which shall include at least the following diseases: mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, pertussis, influenza type B and hepatitis B, and any other vaccinations against vaccine-preventable diseases recommended by the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices,
(iii) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Attorney General)—
(I) to have a physical or mental disorder and behavior associated with the disorder that may pose, or has posed, a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others, or
(II) to have had a physical or mental disorder and a history of behavior associated with the disorder, which behavior has posed a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others and which behavior is likely to recur or to lead to other harmful behavior, or
(iv) who i
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 6402
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘Presidential’’.
spaces for all faiths; and to protect and preserve the
cultural heritages of religious communities.
(b) Executive departments and agencies (agencies)
that fund foreign assistance programs shall ensure that
faith-based and religious entities, including eligible en-
tities in foreign countries, are not discriminated
against on the basis of religious identity or religious
belief when competing for Federal funding, to the ex-
tent permitted by law.
SEC. 4. Integrating International Religious Freedom into
United States Diplomacy. (a) The Secretary shall direct
Chiefs of Mission in countries of particular concern,
countries on the Special Watch List, countries in which
there are entities of particular concern, and any other
countries that have engaged in or tolerated violations
of religious freedom as noted in the Annual Report on
International Religious Freedom required by section
102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of
1998 (Public Law 105–292) [22 U.S.C. 6412(b)], as amended
(the ‘‘Act’’), to develop comprehensive action plans to
inform and support the efforts of the United States to
advance international religious freedom and to encour-
age the host governments to make progress in elimi-
nating violations of religious freedom.
(b) In meetings with their counterparts in foreign
governments, the heads of agencies shall, when appro-
priate and in coordination with the Secretary, raise
concerns about international religious freedom and
cases that involve individuals imprisoned because of
their religion.
(c) The Secretary shall advocate for United States
international religious freedom policy in both bilateral
and multilate
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