22 USC 6483

U.S Code last checked for updates: Aug 20, 2025

§ 6483.

It is the sense of Congress that the annual national security strategy report of the President required under section 3043 of title 50—

(1)

should promote international religious freedom as a foreign policy and national security priority; and

(2)

should articulate that promotion of the right to freedom of religion is a strategy that—

(A)

protects other, related human rights, and advances democracy outside the United States; and

(B)

makes clear its importance to United States foreign policy goals of stability, security, development, and diplomacy;

(3)

should be a guide for the strategies and activities of relevant Federal agencies; and

(4)

should inform the Department of Defense quadrennial defense review under section 118 1

 See References in Text note below.

of title 10 and the Department of State Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.

(Pub. L. 105–292, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 114–281, title VI, § 601, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1439.)

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