3.0.0 1875 2019-11-15T21:56:18Z 2019-11-15T21:56:18Z Senate S S 2011-11-15 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-11-15T23:43:54Z United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011 112 2867 HR 2011-12-23 Became Public Law No: 112-75. Related bill CRS 2011-11-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2011-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2011-11-15 True H.R.2867 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2867 International Affairs Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Human rights International organizations and cooperation Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Religion International Affairs 00 2011-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-27T17:47:36Z United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to prohibit: (1) an individual from serving more than two consecutive terms as a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, (2) each member serving on the date of enactment of this Act from being reappointed to more than one additional consecutive term, (3) a member attending less than 75% of the meetings during one of such member's terms from being eligible for reappointment, and (4) a member from being eligible to be elected as Chair of the Commission for a second, consecutive term.

Establishes staggered office terms by modifying certain terms of office conditions for members appointed to serve from May 15, 2012, through May 14, 2014.

Requires, for purposes of providing remedies and procedures to address alleged violations of rights and protections that pertain to various specified antidiscrimination laws, that all employees of the Commission be treated as employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and that the Commission be treated as an employing office of the Senate or House.

Increases to $250,000 the maximum amount the Commission may expend in any fiscal year to procure temporary or intermittent services contracts for the conduct of certain activities necessary to Commission functions.

Extends the Commission's termination date to September 30, 2013.

]]> United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011 Display Title United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Introduced in Senate 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1875is/xml/BILLS-112s1875is.xml 2011-11-15 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.