HR 3056 117th Congress House International Affairs

Turkey and Ecumenical Patriarchate Religious Freedom Act of 2021

Introduced: May 7, 2021 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 28, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.

May 7, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

May 7, 2021

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Turkey and Ecumenical Patriarchate Religious Freedom Act of 2021

This bill requires reports on religious freedom in Turkey.

The Department of State must report to Congress on the State Department's policy for promoting religious freedom in Turkey.

If the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommends putting Turkey on the State Department's special watch list of countries that engage in or tolerate severe violations of religious freedom but the State Department does not do so, the President must report to Congress a justification for the decision. The President shall not have to make this report if Turkey is added to the special watch list or designated a country of particular concern for religious freedom.

What's happening now May 28, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.

Committees of jurisdiction 2