FREEDOM OF RELIGION

Appointments

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, S3523 [25AP], H2595 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions

Afghanistan: call on government to uphold freedom of religion and urge the U.S. to promote religious freedom in Afghanistan (see S. Res. 421), S2800 [4AP]

———condemn legal action against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions (see H. Res. 736), H1196 [28MR]

China, People's Republic of: condemn unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops (see H. Res. 804), H2338 [9MY]

Civil liberties: commemorate anniversary and reaffirm the national motto (see H. Con. Res. 411), H3016 [22MY]

Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (see H.R. 5739), H4915 [29JN]

Refugees: condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation (see S. Res. 494), S5230 [25MY] (see H. Res. 848), H3308 (see H. Res. 848), H3361 [25MY]

Russia: protect freedoms of all religious communities without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards (see S. Res. 500), S5490 [6JN]

Letters

Protect right of military chaplains to pray according to their own beliefs: L.V. Iasiello, Dept. of Defense, H2362 [10MY]

Religious persecution in Afghanistan: Representative Schiff, E470 [30MR]

Removal of Jonathan Stertzbach from Army chaplain post: Representative Walter B. Jones, H197 [8FE]

Remarks in House

Afghanistan: condemn legal action against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions (H. Res. 736), H1281-H1283 [29MR], E470 [30MR]

China, People's Republic of: condemn unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops (H. Res. 804), H3732-H3734 [12JN]

Churches and synagogues: protect and preserve, H441 [28FE]

Colleges and universities: ensure rights of all students to express ideological, religious, and political beliefs without retribution, H1221 [29MR]

Constitution—U.S.: results of McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum survey on the five freedoms in the first amendment, H851 [9MR]

Courts: Federal district court ruling on faith-based prisoner rehabilitation program in Iowa, H3914 [14JN]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (H.R. 5739), E1326 [29JN]

Dept. of Defense: protect right of military chaplains to pray according to their own beliefs, H242 [14FE], H2516, H2563 [11MY]

Refugees: condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation (H. Res. 848), E973 [26MY]

Religion: recognize importance of free speech and condemn bigotry and religious intolerance in the wake of rioting over Danish newspaper cartoons, H196, H200 [8FE], H240 [14FE]

Russia: protect freedoms of all religious communities without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards (H. Con. Res. 190), H888-H890 [14MR], E373, E380, E381 [15MR]

Stertzbach, Jonathan: condemn removal as an Army chaplain, H196 [8FE]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: observance, H2507 [11MY]

Remarks in Senate

Afghanistan: call on government to uphold freedom of religion and urge the U.S. to promote religious freedom in Afghanistan (S. Res. 421), S2842 [4AP]

Churches and synagogues: protect and preserve, S1407-S1409 [16FE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain religious minorities from Iraq, S5190 [25MY]

Religious Freedom Day: observance, S6274 [21JN]

Russia: protect freedoms of all religious communities without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards (S. Res. 500), S5507 [6JN]

Turkey: urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch, S2462 [28MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 190, protect freedoms of all religious communities in Russia without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards, H888 [14MR]

H. Res. 736, condemn legal action against Afghanistan citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions, H1281 [29MR]

H. Res. 804, condemn unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops by the People's Republic of China, H3732 [12JN]

S. Res. 421, call on government of Afghanistan to uphold freedom of religion and urge the U.S. to promote religious freedom in Afghanistan, S2805, S2843 [4AP]

S. Res. 494, condemn human rights violations of religious minorities in Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf and acknowledge impact of Arab-Israeli conflict on Middle East refugee situation, S5257-S5259 [25MY]

S. Res. 500, protect freedoms of all Russian religious communities without distinction, whether registered or unregistered, as stipulated by the Russian Constitution and international standards, S5507 [6JN]