As a new Congress begins, the below international religious freedom issues are ones that we feel are critical for Congress to take up immediately and in a bipartisan manner. In some case, these were bills from the last Congress that can be reintroduced.

Legislative Asks

1. Introduce a bill to ban lobbying for the Chinese Communist Party

Needs to be drafted with bipartisan support.

2. Introduce a bill giving statutory power to an upgraded version of the 2020 Executive Order on international religious freedom (EO 13926)

Needs to be drafted with bipartisan support.

3. Co-sponsor the Protecting Holy Sites Act

Draft in progress, needs to be introduced.

4. Resolution recognizing religious freedom as a fundamental right

Needs to be reintroduced. 118th Congress, S.Res.569 (Coons, Lankford, Kaine, and Tillis).

Congressional Support

1. Adopt a religious prisoner of conscience

Help amplify efforts for their release.

2. Join other legislators in pushing international religious freedom as a foreign policy priority

House: Join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.

Senate: Join the Senate Human Rights Caucus.