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United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2503| Senate 
| Updated: 9/18/2019
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (4)
Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Cory Gardner (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom through FY2023 and makes changes to the administration of the commission. Specifically, the bill removes staggered terms for commissioners, replacing them with one, non-renewable three-year term, and it eliminates the requirement that each commissioner obtain a security clearance. The bill prescribes certain procedures when a commissioner speaks at a public event in either a private or official capacity, and it requires commissioners to disclose any instance in which they were identified as a commissioner while participating in a public event in a private capacity. The bill also prohibits commissioners and staff from accepting nonfederal funding for official travel expenses, and it requires each member of the commission to disclose any international travel that was paid for or reimbursed by anyone other than the commissioner or the federal government. Further, the commission must make its rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings publicly available, and each commissioner must submit financial disclosure reports in the same form and manner as an officer or employee of Congress. In addition, the bill revises provisions related to commission personnel and compensation.
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Timeline
Sep 18, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Sep 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dec 10, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-5379
Introduced in House
  • September 18, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 18, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


  • December 10, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-5379
    Introduced in House

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 116-5379: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019
Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment information and archivesHuman rightsReligionU.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2503| Senate 
| Updated: 9/18/2019
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom through FY2023 and makes changes to the administration of the commission. Specifically, the bill removes staggered terms for commissioners, replacing them with one, non-renewable three-year term, and it eliminates the requirement that each commissioner obtain a security clearance. The bill prescribes certain procedures when a commissioner speaks at a public event in either a private or official capacity, and it requires commissioners to disclose any instance in which they were identified as a commissioner while participating in a public event in a private capacity. The bill also prohibits commissioners and staff from accepting nonfederal funding for official travel expenses, and it requires each member of the commission to disclose any international travel that was paid for or reimbursed by anyone other than the commissioner or the federal government. Further, the commission must make its rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings publicly available, and each commissioner must submit financial disclosure reports in the same form and manner as an officer or employee of Congress. In addition, the bill revises provisions related to commission personnel and compensation.
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Timeline
Sep 18, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Sep 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dec 10, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-5379
Introduced in House
  • September 18, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 18, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


  • December 10, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-5379
    Introduced in House
Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Republican Senator

Florida

Cosponsors (4)
Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Cory Gardner (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 116-5379: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment information and archivesHuman rightsReligionU.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom