§6448 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The President must publish in the Federal Register certain decisions and actions about religious freedom. That includes designations under sections 6442 and 6442a (and, when practical, the officials, groups, or individuals found responsible), descriptions and effective dates of actions under paragraphs (9)–(15) of section 6445(a), notices of any delay in the 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 national security or would not help the chapter’s purposes.

Title 22, §6448

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(a)Subject to subsection (b), the President shall cause to be published in the Federal Register the following:

(1)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)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)Any delay in transmittal of a Presidential action report, as described in section 6444(b) of this title.

(4)Any waiver under section 6447 of this title.

(b)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)would be harmful to the national security of the United States; or

(2)would not further the purposes of this chapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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.”

§6448 Publication in Federal Register