[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17481]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


    AUTHORIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
                           RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs be discharged from further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 5816) to extend the authorization for the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom, and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 5816

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION AND TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

       The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 207(a) (22 U.S.C. 6435(a)), by striking 
     ``2014'' and inserting ``2015''; and
       (2) in section 209 (22 U.S.C. 6436), by striking 
     ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``September 30, 2015''.

     SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if 
     enacted on December 10, 2014.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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