US Congress Senate Bill 1875 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 15 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-11-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to prohibit: (1) an individual from serving more than two consecutive terms as a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, (2) each member serving on the date of enactment of this Act from being reappointed to more than one additional consecutive term, (3) a member attending less than 75% of the meetings during one of such member's terms from being eligible for reappointment, and (4) a member from being eligible to be elected as Chair of the Commission for a second, consecutive term. Establishes staggered office terms by modifying certain terms of office conditions for members appointed to serve from May 15, 2012, through May 14, 2014. Requires, for purposes of providing remedies and procedures to address alleged violations of rights and protections that pertain to various specified antidiscrimination laws, that all employees of the Commission be treated as employees whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and that the Commission be treated as an employing office of the Senate or House. Increases to $250,000 the maximum amount the Commission may expend in any fiscal year to procure temporary or intermittent services contracts for the conduct of certain activities necessary to Commission functions. Extends the Commission's termination date to September 30, 2013.

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-11-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB2867 (Related) 2011-12-23 - Became Public Law No: 112-75.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1875/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1875/BILLS-112s1875is.pdf