S. 1875 (112th): United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011

Introduced:
Nov 15, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:

H.R. 2867 (same title)
Signed by the President — Dec 23, 2011

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This bill was introduced on November 15, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Nov 15, 2011
Referred to Committee Nov 15, 2011
Cosponsors
1 cosponsors (1R) (show)
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Senate Foreign Relations

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Full Title

A bill to reauthorize the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.

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Last updated Nov 15, 2011.
7 pages

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11/15/2011--Introduced.
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to prohibit:
(1) an individual from serving more than two consecutive terms as a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom,
(2) each member serving on the date of enactment of this Act from being reappointed to more than one additional consecutive term,
(3) a member attending less than 75% of the meetings during one of such member's terms from being eligible for reappointment, and
(4) a member from being eligible to be elected as Chair of the Commission for a second, consecutive term.
Establishes staggered office terms by modifying certain terms of office conditions for members appointed to serve from May 15, 2012, through May 14, 2014.
Requires, for purposes of providing remedies and procedures to address alleged violations of rights and protections that pertain to various specified antidiscrimination laws, that all employees of the Commission be treated as employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and that the Commission be treated as an employing office of the Senate or House. Increases to $250,000 the maximum amount the Commission may expend in any fiscal year to procure temporary or intermittent services contracts for the conduct of certain activities necessary to Commission functions.
Extends the Commission's termination date to September 30, 2013.

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