[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
                      REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2022

  Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 406, S. 3895.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3895) to extend and authorize annual 
     appropriations for the United States Commission on 
     International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2024.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with 
an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

                                S. 3895

       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 Reauthorization Act of 
     2022''.

     SEC. 2. UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
                   FREEDOM.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 207(a) of the 
     International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
     6435(a)) is amended by striking ``2019 through 2022'' and 
     inserting ``2023 and 2024''.
       (b) Extension of Authorization.--Section 209 of the 
     International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) 
     is amended by striking ``September 30, 2022'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2024''.

  Mr. MERKLEY. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be 
considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 3895), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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