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[H.R. 4028 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4028

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the 
  desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the 
                       right to religious freedom.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
    Congress finds the following:
        (1) Cemeteries are sacred sites that are of great spiritual, 
    cultural, and historical significance to many religious and ethnic 
    groups.
        (2) Congress is committed to protecting and preserving the 
    heritage and sacred sites of national, religious, and ethnic 
    groups, which includes cemeteries in the United States and abroad.
        (3) Cemeteries around the world have and continue to be defaced 
    or destroyed as a direct result of their affiliation with a 
    particular religious or spiritual group.
        (4) Such attacks constitute an assault on the fundamental right 
    to freedom of religion, and are especially egregious when sponsored 
    or tolerated by the local or national governments in the countries 
    in which such offenses occur.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT OF 1998.
    Section 2(a)(4) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 6401(a)(4)) is amended in the fourth sentence by inserting 
``desecration of cemeteries,'' after ``confiscations of property,''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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