UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 421. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE. (a) Implementation of Prohibition on Economic Assistance.—Section 116(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(c)) is amended— (1) in the text above paragraph (1), by inserting “and in consultation with the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom” after “Labor”; (2) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (1); (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “; and”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) whether the government— “(A) has engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom, as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998; or “(B) has failed to undertake serious and sustained efforts to combat particularly severe violations of religious freedom (as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998), when such efforts could have been reasonably undertaken.” . (b) Implementation of Prohibition on Military Assistance.—Section 502B(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) In determining whether the government of a country engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, the President shall give particular consideration to whether the government— “(A) has engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom, as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998; or “(B) has failed to undertake serious and sustained efforts to combat particularly severe violations of religious freedom when such efforts could have been reasonably undertaken.” .