3.0.0 1245 2023-01-11T13:22:53Z 2023-01-11T13:22:53Z Senate S S 2011-06-22 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-06-22T15:50:37Z To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. 112 440 HR 2012-01-23 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292. Related bill CRS 2011-06-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2011-06-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4028) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2011-06-22 True C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2011-07-18 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2011-07-18 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2011-08-01 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-01-23 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2012-06-29 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2012-11-27 False International Affairs Afghanistan Africa Algeria Asia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Egypt Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Gaza Strip Human rights India Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Libya Maldives Middle East Morocco Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestinians Qatar Religion Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Tunisia Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan West Bank Yemen International Affairs 00 2011-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2011-08-11T16:50:19Z Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2011 - Authorizes the President to appoint a Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia within the Department of State.

Authorizes the Special Envoy, subject to direction by the President and the Secretary of State, to represent the United States in matters and cases relevant to religious freedom in: (1) contacts with foreign governments, intergovernmental organizations, and specialized agencies of the United Nations (U.N.), the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, and other international organizations; and (2) multilateral conferences and meetings relevant to religious freedom.

Defines "countries of the Near East" as Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and including the West Bank and Gaza. Defines "countries of South Central Asia" as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

]]> Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2011 Display Title Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1245is/xml/BILLS-112s1245is.xml 2011-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.