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S676119th Congress

Stop Funding Religiously Oppressive Regimes Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Paul, Rand [R-KY]

Introduced

Summary

Would bar U.S. federal assistance to governments that impose death or life imprisonment for apostasy, blasphemy, or bans on interfaith marriage. It also requires the President to identify those governments and report to Congress within 120 days.

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  • Named foreign governments: would become ineligible for U.S. government assistance because the bill prohibits obligating or spending federal funds to provide assistance to their governments.
  • The President and congressional foreign affairs committees: the President would have 120 days to prepare a report, based on credible information, identifying governments that impose death or life imprisonment for the listed religious offenses; the report must be submitted to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • People subject to these laws: the bill specifically calls out anti-apostasy laws, anti-blasphemy laws, and laws prohibiting interfaith marriage as the triggers for U.S. funding restrictions.

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Block U.S. aid to religiously oppressive governments

This bill would require the President to send a report within 120 days naming countries that punish apostasy, blasphemy, or interfaith marriage with death or life imprisonment. The report would go to the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees. If a country is named, the U.S. government would be barred from obligating or spending any federal funds to provide assistance to that country's government. The ban would begin when a country is listed in the President's report.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Paul, Rand [R-KY]

KY • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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