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22 U.S.C. 6402: Definitions

Created in 1998 by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-292). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

7 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 8 U.S.C. 1182, 22 U.S.C. 262d, 22 U.S.C. 2151n, 22 U.S.C. 2304, 22 U.S.C. 6442.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2016

    • Pub. L. 114–281, §3(2), (3), added pars. (10) and (11) and redesignated former pars. (10) to (12) as (12) to (14), respectively. Former par. (13) redesignated (16). Law text · (10), (11), (12), (13), (14)
    • Pub. L. 114–281, §3(4), added par. (15). Law text · (15)
    • Pub. L. 114–281, §3(1), redesignated par. (13) as (16). Law text · (16)
    • Pub. L. 114–281, §3(5)(A), added cl. (iv) and redesignated former cls. (iv) and (v) as (v) and (vi), respectively. Law text · (16)
    • Pub. L. 114–281, §3(5)(B), inserted "conscience, non-theistic views, or" after "an individual's" and "forcibly compelling non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert," after "forced religious conversion,". Law text · (16)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.