[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2449. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
                   THAT VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO 
                   RELIGION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a list of each foreign 
     government that the President determines, based on credible 
     information, enforces a death sentence or life imprisonment 
     on the basis of--
       (1) anti-apostasy laws that explicitly prohibit the 
     disaffiliation from a particular religion;
       (2) anti-blasphemy laws; or
       (3) laws prohibiting marriage between individuals of 
     different religious faiths.
       (b) Prohibition on Assistance.--No amounts may be obligated 
     or expended to provide United States assistance to the 
     government of a country identified in the report submitted by 
     the President under subsection (a).
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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