Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§6448 Publication in Federal Register

Title 22 › CHAPTER 73 — INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM › SUBCHAPTER III — PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS › Part A — Targeted Responses to Violations of Religious Freedom Abroad › § 6448

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must publish certain items in the Federal Register. These include any country named a "country of particular concern" under section 6442(b)(1), and when possible the officials or entities blamed for the violations under 6442(b)(2); any non‑state actor named under section 6442a and, when possible, the individuals blamed under subsection (f) of that section; a description and the effective date of any Presidential action under paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 6445(a) (or a similar substitute); any delay in sending a Presidential action report under section 6444(b); and any waiver under section 6447. The President may withhold some of this information the same way allowed under section 2414(c) if publishing it would harm U.S. national security or would not help the goals of this chapter.

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Title 22, §6448

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(a)In general
Subject to subsection (b), the President shall cause to be published in the Federal Register the following:
(1)Determinations of governments, officials, and entities of particular concern
Any designation of a country of particular concern for religious freedom under section 6442(b)(1) of this title, together with, when applicable and to the extent practicable, the identities of the officials or entities determined to be responsible for the violations under section 6442(b)(2) of this title. Any designation of a non-state actor as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom under section 6442a of this title and, if applicable and to the extent practicable, the identities of individuals determined to be responsible for violations described in subsection (f) of such section.
(2)Presidential actions
A description of any Presidential action under paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 6445(a) of this title (or commensurate action in substitution thereto) and the effective date of the Presidential action.
(3)Delays in transmittal of Presidential action reports
Any delay in transmittal of a Presidential action report, as described in section 6444(b) of this title.
(4)Waivers
Any waiver under section 6447 of this title.
(b)Limited disclosure of information
The President may limit publication of information under this section in the same manner and to the same extent as the President may limit the publication of findings and determinations described in section 2414(c) of this title, if the President determines that the publication of information under this section— (1)
(2)would not further the purposes of this chapter.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 105–292, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2787, known as the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, 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.

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–281 inserted at end “Any designation of a non-state actor as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom under section 6442a of this title and, if applicable and to the extent practicable, the identities of individuals determined to be responsible for violations described in subsection (f) of such section.”

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22 U.S.C. § 6448

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110