Combating International Islamophobia Act
Sponsored By: Representative Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced
Summary
Creating a dedicated State Department office to monitor and combat Islamophobia abroad is the bill’s central aim. It would set up an Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, led by a Special Envoy, to track Islamophobic violence, harassment, propaganda, and government responses in other countries.
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- Muslim communities and institutions overseas would get more consistent U.S. attention because reports must describe acts of violence or harassment, vandalism of Muslim institutions, and propaganda that incites such acts.
- The Department of State would host a new Office led by a Special Envoy appointed by the Secretary of State; the Envoy can come from existing staff and the Office must be established within 120 days.
- U.S. human-rights reporting would change: the bill adds Islamophobia sections to reports under the Foreign Assistance Act and to the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. Those reporting changes would apply 180 days after enactment and require assessments of incitement, government responses, and anti-bias education.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New Islamophobia Reporting in U.S. Reports
This bill would add Islamophobia assessments to three major U.S. annual reports, starting 180 days after enactment. Reports would have to describe violence, harassment, and vandalism against Muslims and Muslim institutions from the prior year. They would also report on propaganda that incites hatred, how governments responded, laws protecting religious freedom, and anti-bias education efforts.
New State Department Islamophobia Office
This bill would require the State Department to set up an Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia within 120 days after enactment. A Special Envoy would lead the office. The Secretary could pick the envoy from current State Department staff, and that person could keep their prior job. The office would track acts of Islamophobia abroad and help prepare parts of three annual U.S. human rights and religious freedom reports.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Cosponsors
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
McCollum
MN • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/7/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/28/2026
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 5/13/2026
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