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<dc:title>119 HR 1744 : United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-06-09</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IIB</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1744</legis-num><current-chamber display="yes">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20260609">June 9, 2026</action-date><action-desc>Received; read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom through December 31, 2028.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H64D7FB9321654AD992C3F5A9EA33477D" style="OLC"><section id="H4E4812DA48E540CC84A3D27E5C6EECE5" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="H38D836D5DA784431AE28EE9901D9811D"><enum>2.</enum><header>United States Commission on International Religious Freedom</header><subsection id="H5271BB66C5AE42B4A0EFAE80B75DE1DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 207(a) of the <short-title>International Religious Freedom Act of 1998</short-title> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6435">22 U.S.C. 6435(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2025 and 2026</quote> and inserting <quote>2027 and 2028, and for the period beginning on October 1, 2028, and ending on December 31, 2028</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD6CCDC14CEC440EAAD39B1AC87EDA718"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 209 of the <short-title>International Religious Freedom Act of 1998</short-title> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6436">22 U.S.C. 6436</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2026</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2028</quote>.</text></subsection></section></legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20260608" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2026.</attestation-date><attestor display="yes">Kevin F. McCumber,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation></bill> 

