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Stop Funding Religiously Oppressive Regimes Act of 2025
To prohibit assistance to foreign governments that violate human rights with respect to religious freedom.
Summary
This bill, the Stop Funding Religiously Oppressive Regimes Act of 2025, requires the President to submit a report within 120 days identifying foreign governments that impose death sentences or life imprisonment based on apostasy laws, blasphemy laws, or laws prohibiting interfaith marriage. The bill prohibits the United States from obligating or spending federal funds to provide any form of assistance to the governments identified in the presidential report. The bill does not specify what constitutes "assistance" or create new mechanisms for enforcement, but rather establishes a restriction on the use of existing federal foreign assistance funds.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY)
Actions (2)
- Feb 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Feb 20, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 20, 2025
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To prohibit assistance to foreign governments that violate human rights with respect to religious freedom.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Funding Religiously Oppressive Regimes Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTRIES WITH LAWS IMPOSING SEVERE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR APOSTASY, BLASPHEMY, OR INTERFAITH.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that lists each foreign government that the President determines, based on credible information, imposes a death sentence or life imprisonment on the basis of—
(1) anti-apostasy laws that explicitly prohibit disaffiliation from a particular religion;
(2) anti-blasphemy laws; or
(3) laws prohibiting marriage between individuals of different religious faiths.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO RELIGION.
The United States Government is prohibited from obligating or expending any Federal funds to provide assistance to the government of any country identified in the report submitted by the President pursuant to section 2. <all>
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