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HR 5974 114th Congress House

Coptic Churches Accountability Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding efforts to restore or repair Christian property in the Arab Republic of Egyp… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding efforts to restore or repair Christian property in the Arab Republic of Egypt that was burned, damaged, or otherwise destroyed during the sectarian violence in August 2013, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 6, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 Latest action September 8, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coptic Churches Accountability Act

This bill directs the Department of State, until 2021, to submit an annual report describing:

  • the progress made in restoring or repairing Christian religious property and property owned by Christians in Egypt that was damaged or destroyed during the August 2013 sectarian violence;
  • implementation of the law Egypt passed in 2016 that imposes significant burdens on church building; and
  • the nature and extent of Egyptian laws and policies regarding the construction of Christian churches or places of worship.

The State Department shall ensure that each country report on human rights practices for Egypt and each report on international religious freedom contains:

  • a summary of the progress made in restoring religious property; and
  • a list of each Christian church, place of worship, or other Christian religious property and each item of property belonging to a Christian church that was damaged or destroyed.
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Dec 6, 2016
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 6, 2016
Bishop, Mike
· Nov 29, 2016
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Nov 15, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5974: Coptic Churches Accountability Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5974/
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"H.R. 5974: Coptic Churches Accountability Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5974/.
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H.R. 5974, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5974/.
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