This legislation, known as the "Stop Funding Religiously Oppressive Regimes Act of 2025," seeks to prevent the United States from providing assistance to foreign governments that engage in severe violations of religious freedom. It requires the President to submit a report within 120 days, identifying any foreign government that imposes a death sentence or life imprisonment based on specific religious laws. These prohibited laws include anti-apostasy laws that explicitly forbid disaffiliation from a particular religion, anti-blasphemy laws , or laws that prohibit marriage between individuals of different religious faiths. Upon identification in this report, the U.S. Government is then expressly prohibited from obligating or expending any federal funds to provide assistance to the government of that country.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
International Affairs
Stop Funding Religiously Oppressive Regimes Act of 2025
USA119th CongressS-676| Senate
| Updated: 2/20/2025
This legislation, known as the "Stop Funding Religiously Oppressive Regimes Act of 2025," seeks to prevent the United States from providing assistance to foreign governments that engage in severe violations of religious freedom. It requires the President to submit a report within 120 days, identifying any foreign government that imposes a death sentence or life imprisonment based on specific religious laws. These prohibited laws include anti-apostasy laws that explicitly forbid disaffiliation from a particular religion, anti-blasphemy laws , or laws that prohibit marriage between individuals of different religious faiths. Upon identification in this report, the U.S. Government is then expressly prohibited from obligating or expending any federal funds to provide assistance to the government of that country.