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[H.R. 2867 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2867

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
            the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven


                                 An Act


 
To reauthorize the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, and for 
                             other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 
2011''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION.
    (a) Terms.--Section 201(c) of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(c)) is amended--
        (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
        ``(1) In general.--The term of office of each member of the 
    Commission shall be 2 years. An individual, including any member 
    appointed to the Commission prior to the date of the enactment of 
    the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 
    Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011, shall not serve more than 2 
    terms as a member of the Commission under any circumstance. For any 
    member serving on the Commission on such date who has completed at 
    least 2 full terms on the Commission, such member's term shall 
    expire 90 days after such date. A member of the Commission may not 
    serve after the expiration of that member's term.''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(3) Ineligibility for reappointment.--If a member of the 
    Commission attends, by being physically present or by conference 
    call, less than 75 percent of the meetings of the Commission during 
    one of that member's terms on the Commission, the member shall not 
    be eligible for reappointment to the Commission.''.
    (b) Election of Chair.--Section 201(d) of the International 
Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(d)) is amended by 
inserting at the end the following: ``No member of the Commission is 
eligible to be elected as Chair of the Commission for a second, 
consecutive term.''.
    (c) Application of Federal Travel Regulation and Department of 
State Standardized Regulations to the Commission.--Section 201(i) of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(i)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``Members of the Commission 
are subject to the requirements set forth in chapters 300 through 304 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the 
`Federal Travel Regulation') and the Department of State Standardized 
Regulations governing authorized travel at government expense, 
including regulations concerning the mode of travel, lodging and per 
diem expenditures, reimbursement payments, and expense reporting and 
documentation requirements.''.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS.
    (a) In General.--Section 204 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432b) is amended by inserting after subsection 
(f) the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Application of Antidiscrimination Laws.--For purposes of 
providing remedies and procedures to address alleged violations of 
rights and protections that pertain to employment discrimination, 
family and medical leave, fair labor standards, employee polygraph 
protection, worker adjustment and retraining, veterans' employment and 
reemployment, intimidation or reprisal, protections under the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990, occupational safety and health, labor-
management relations, and rights and protections that apply to 
employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, all 
employees of the Commission shall 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 the Commission shall be 
treated as an employing office of the Senate or the House of 
Representatives.''.
    (b) Pending Claims.--Any administrative or judicial claim or action 
pending on the date of the enactment of this Act may be maintained 
under section 204(g) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998, as added by subsection (a).
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    Section 207(a) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 6435(a)) is amended by striking ``for the fiscal year 2003'' 
and inserting ``for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2014''.
SEC. 5. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND DISCLOSURE.
    Section 208 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6435a) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``$100,000'' and 
    inserting ``$250,000''; and
        (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``International Relations'' 
    and inserting ``Foreign Affairs''.
SEC. 6. TERMINATION.
    Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6436) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2011'' and 
inserting ``September 30, 2014''.
SEC. 7. REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the implementation of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
    (b) Consultation.--The Comptroller General shall consult with the 
appropriate congressional committees and nongovernmental organizations 
for purposes of preparing the report.
    (c) Matters To Be Included.--The report shall include the 
following:
        (1) A review of the effectiveness of all United States 
    Government programs to promote international religious freedom, 
    including their goals and objectives.
        (2) An assessment of the roles and functions of the Office on 
    International Religious Freedom established in section 101(a) of 
    the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6411(a)) 
    and the relationship of the Office to other offices in the 
    Department of State.
        (3) A review of the role of the Ambassador at Large for 
    International Religious Freedom appointed under section 101(b) of 
    the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6411(b)) 
    and the placement of such position within the Department of State.
        (4) A review and assessment of the goals and objectives of the 
    United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 
    established under section 201(a) of the International Religious 
    Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(a)).
        (5) A comparative analysis of the structure of the United 
    States Commission on International Religious Freedom as an 
    independent non-partisan entity in relation to other United States 
    advisory commissions, whether or not such commissions are under the 
    direct authority of Congress.
        (6) A review of the relationship between the Ambassador at 
    Large for International Religious Freedom and the United States 
    Commission on International Religious Freedom, and possible reforms 
    that would improve the ability of both to reach their goals and 
    objectives.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 
of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.