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handle is hein.crs/crsabco0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 98-906 A November 4, 1998 Immigration-Related Provisions of the International Religious Freedom Act (P.L. 105-292) Larry M. Eig Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary On October 27, 1998, President Clinton signed the International Religious Freedom Act (P. L. 105-292). The refugee and asylum provisions of this Act focus on assuring informed and accurate determinations of individual requests for safe haven. More particularly, the Act incorporates the results of newly required studies on religious persecution into the training of officials who determine refugee and asylum claims. Separate provisions address eliminating other potential biases and inaccuracies in screening applicants for asylum and refugee status. Furthermore, certain aliens who participated in religious persecution abroad are now barred from admission into the United States. Also, new studies on the effect of expedited removal procedures on the asylum process are required. Not included in the Act are earlier, more sweeping proposals considered by the House to revise the expedited removal process and the statutory guidelines for refugee admission priorities. Introduction. This report provides an overview of the immigration-related provisions of the International Religious Freedom Act, which passed as H.R. 2431 and became law as Public Law 105-292. The Act's general purpose is to promote religious freedom worldwide. To this end, the Act requires new, ongoing studies of religious freedom abroad and calls for targeted responses to findings of religious persecution. At the same time, knowledge obtained about religious persecution abroad also is to be integrated into the asylum and refugee processes. In addition to providing more detailed information about religious persecution, the Act attempts to identify and overcome certain other potential obstacles to timely and accurate determinations on refugee and asylum applications. Separately, the Act bars certain participants in religious persecution from entry into the United States. New training and guidelines. The Act establishes new administrative offices to review religious freedom abroad on an ongoing basis. The Secretary of State is to draw on this review and other sources to submit an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. Among other information, the Annual Report is to describe and assess the state Congressional Research Service **** The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web

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