§ 6402. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6402]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 73--INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Sec. 6402. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Ambassador at Large
The term ``Ambassador at Large'' means the Ambassador at Large
for International Religious Freedom appointed under section 6411(b)
of this title.
(2) Annual Report
The term ``Annual Report'' means the Annual Report on
International Religious Freedom described in section 6412(b) of this
title.
(3) Appropriate congressional committees
The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) in the case of any determination made with respect to
the taking of President \1\ action under paragraphs (9) through
(15) of section 6445(a) of this title, the term includes the
committees described in subparagraph (A) and, where appropriate,
the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``Presidential''.
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(4) Commensurate action
The term ``commensurate action'' means action taken by the
President under section 6445(b) of this title.
(5) Commission
The term ``Commission'' means the United States Commission on
International Religious Freedom established in section 6431(a) of
this title.
(6) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
The term ``Country Reports on Human Rights Practices'' means the
annual reports required to be submitted by the Department of State
to Congress under sections 2151n(d) and 2304(b) of this title.
(7) Executive Summary
The term ``Executive Summary'' means the Executive Summary to
the Annual Report, as described in section 6412(b)(1)(F) of this
title.
(8) Government or foreign government
The term ``government'' or ``foreign government'' includes any
agency or instrumentality of the government.
(9) Human Rights Reports
The term ``Human Rights Reports'' means all reports submitted by
the Department of State to Congress under sections 2151n and 2304 of
this title.
(10) Office
The term ``Office'' means the Office on International Religious
Freedom established in section 6411(a) of this title.
(11) Particularly severe violations of religious freedom
The term ``particularly severe violations of religious freedom''
means systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious
freedom, including violations such as--
(A) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or
punishment;
(B) prolonged detention without charges;
(C) causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or
clandestine detention of those persons; or
(D) other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or
the security of persons.
(12) Special Adviser
The term ``Special Adviser'' means the Special Adviser to the
President on International Religious Freedom described in section
402(i) of title 50.
(13) Violations of religious freedom
The term ``violations of religious freedom'' means violations of
the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion and
religious belief and practice, as set forth in the international
instruments referred to in section 6401(a)(2) of this title and as
described in section 6401(a)(3) of this title, including violations
such as--
(A) arbitrary prohibitions on, restrictions of, or
punishment for--
(i) assembling for peaceful religious activities such as
worship, preaching, and prayer, including arbitrary
registration requirements;
(ii) speaking freely about one's religious beliefs;
(iii) changing one's religious beliefs and affiliation;
(iv) possession and distribution of religious
literature, including Bibles; or
(v) raising one's children in the religious teachings
and practices of one's choice; or
(B) any of the following acts if committed on account of an
individual's religious belief or practice: detention,
interrogation, imposition of an onerous financial penalty,
forced labor, forced mass resettlement, imprisonment, forced
religious conversion, beating, torture, mutilation, rape,
enslavement, murder, and execution.
(Pub. L. 105-292, Sec. 3, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2790.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 105-292, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2787, which is
classified principally 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.
Change of Name
Committee on Banking and Financial Services of House of
Representatives abolished and replaced by Committee on Financial
Services of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters
relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred
from Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives by
House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 262d, 2151n, 2304 of this
title; title 8 section 1182; title 50 section 402.
