President Donald Trump Executive Order on Advancing International Religious Freedom Issued On: June 2, 2020 The White House ...
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President Donald Trump |
Executive Order on Advancing International Religious Freedom
Issued On: June 2, 2020
The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered
as follows:
Section 1. Policy.
(a) Religious freedom, America’s
first freedom, is a moral and national security imperative. Religious freedom for all people worldwide is
a foreign policy priority of the United States, and the United States will
respect and vigorously promote this freedom.
As stated in the 2017 National Security Strategy, our Founders
understood religious freedom not as a creation of the state, but as a gift of
God to every person and a right that is fundamental for the flourishing of our
society.
(b) Religious
communities and organizations, and other institutions of civil society, are
vital partners in United States Government efforts to advance religious freedom
around the world. It is the policy of
the United States to engage robustly and continually with civil society
organizations — including those in foreign countries — to inform United States
Government policies, programs, and activities related to international
religious freedom.
Sec. 2. Prioritization of International Religious
Freedom. Within 180 days of the date of
this order, the Secretary of State (Secretary) shall, in consultation with the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), develop a
plan to prioritize international religious freedom in the planning and
implementation of United States foreign policy and in the foreign assistance
programs of the Department of State and USAID.
Sec. 3. Foreign Assistance Funding for International
Religious Freedom. (a) The Secretary shall, in consultation with the
Administrator of USAID, budget at least $50 million per fiscal year for
programs that advance international religious freedom, to the extent feasible
and permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations. Such programs shall include those intended to
anticipate, prevent, and respond to attacks against individuals and groups on
the basis of their religion, including programs designed to help ensure that
such groups can persevere as distinct communities; to promote accountability
for the perpetrators of such attacks; to ensure equal rights and legal
protections for individuals and groups regardless of belief; to improve the
safety and security of houses of worship and public spaces for all faiths; and
to protect and preserve the cultural heritages of religious communities.
(b) Executive
departments and agencies (agencies) that fund foreign assistance programs shall
ensure that faith-based and religious entities, including eligible entities in
foreign countries, are not discriminated against on the basis of religious
identity or religious belief when competing for Federal funding, to the extent
permitted by law.
Sec. 4. Integrating International Religious Freedom into
United States Diplomacy. (a) The Secretary shall direct Chiefs of Mission
in countries of particular concern, countries on the Special Watch List,
countries in which there are entities of particular concern, and any other
countries that have engaged in or tolerated violations of religious freedom as
noted in the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom required by
section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law
105-292), as amended (the “Act”), to develop comprehensive action plans to
inform and support the efforts of the United States to advance international
religious freedom and to encourage the host governments to make progress in eliminating
violations of religious freedom.
(b) In meetings with
their counterparts in foreign governments, the heads of agencies shall, when
appropriate and in coordination with the Secretary, raise concerns about
international religious freedom and cases that involve individuals imprisoned
because of their religion.
(c) The Secretary
shall advocate for United States international religious freedom policy in both
bilateral and multilateral fora, when appropriate, and shall direct the
Administrator of USAID to do the same.
Sec. 5. Training for Federal Officials. (a)
The Secretary shall require all Department of State civil service
employees in the Foreign Affairs Series to undertake training modeled on the
international religious freedom training described in section 708(a) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), as amended by section
103(a)(1) of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act (Public Law
114-281).
(b) Within 90 days of
the date of this order, the heads of all agencies that assign personnel to
positions overseas shall submit plans to the President, through the Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs, detailing how their agencies
will incorporate the type of training described in subsection (a) of this
section into the training required before the start of overseas assignments for
all personnel who are to be stationed abroad, or who will deploy and remain
abroad, in one location for 30 days or more.
(c) All Federal
employees subject to these requirements shall be required to complete
international religious freedom training not less frequently than once every 3
years.
Sec. 6. Economic Tools.
(a) The Secretary and the
Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consultation with the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs, and through the process described in
National Security Presidential Memorandum-4 of April 4, 2017 (Organization of
the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and
Subcommittees), develop recommendations to prioritize the appropriate use of
economic tools to advance international religious freedom in countries of
particular concern, countries on the Special Watch List, countries in which
there are entities of particular concern, and any other countries that have
engaged in or tolerated violations of religious freedom as noted in the report
required by section 102(b) of the Act.
These economic tools may include, as appropriate and to the extent
permitted by law, increasing religious freedom programming, realigning foreign
assistance to better reflect country circumstances, or restricting the issuance
of visas under section 604(a) of the Act.
(b) The Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may consider
imposing sanctions under Executive Order 13818 of December 20, 2017 (Blocking
the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption),
which, among other things, implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act (Public Law 114-328).
Sec. 7. Definitions.
For purposes of this order:
(a) “Country of
particular concern” is defined as provided in section 402(b)(1)(A) of the Act;
(b) “Entity of
particular concern” is defined as provided in section 301 of the Frank R. Wolf
International Religious Freedom Act (Public Law 114-281);
(c) “Special Watch
List” is defined as provided in sections 3(15) and 402(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Act;
and
(d) “Violations of
religious freedom” is defined as provided in section 3(16) of the Act.
Sec. 8. General Provisions.
(a) Nothing in this order shall
be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority
granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall
be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability
of appropriations.
(c) This order is not
intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United
States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 2, 2020.
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