Pub. L. 114-281, sec. 3 (as amended)

DEFINITIONS.

Year: 2016Length: 225 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. Section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (16); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) as paragraphs (12), (13), and (14), respectively; (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: “(10) Institution of higher education.—The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). “(11) Non-state actor.—The term ‘non-state actor’ means a nonsovereign entity that— “(A) exercises significant political power and territorial control; “(B) is outside the control of a sovereign government; and “(C) often employs violence in pursuit of its objectives.” ; (4) by inserting after paragraph (14), as redesignated, the following: “(15) Special watch list.—The term ‘Special Watch List’ means the Special Watch List described in section 402(b)(1)(A)(iii).” ; and (5) in paragraph (16), as redesignated— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; and (ii) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: “(iv) not professing a particular religion, or any religion;” ; and (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by inserting “conscience, non-theistic views, or” before “religious belief or practice”; and (ii) by inserting “forcibly compelling non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert,” after “forced religious conversion,”.
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