#aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #djbh  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,international ,religious ,freedom ,act 
of #aiih to include the desecration of  
cemeteries among the many forms of      
violations of the right to religious    
freedom4  #a4 ,findings ,congress finds 
the following3  7#a7 ,cemeteries are    
sacred sites that are of great          
spiritual1 cultural1 and historical     
significance to many religious and      
ethnic groups4  7#b7 ,congress is       
committed to protecting and preserving  
the heritage and sacred sites of        
national1 religious1 and ethnic groups1 
which includes cemeteries in the ,united
 ,states and abroad4  7#c7 ,cemeteries  
around the world have and continue to be
 defaced or destroyed as a direct result
 of their affiliation with a particular 
religious or spiritual group4  7#d7     
,such attacks constitute an assault on  
the fundamental right to freedom of     
religion1 and are especially egregious  
when sponsored or tolerated by the local

 or national governments in the         
countries in which such offenses occur4 
#b4 ,amendment to ,international        
,religious ,freedom ,act of #aiih       
,section #b7;a77#d7 of the              
,international ,religious ,freedom ,act 
of #aiih 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fdja7;a77#d77  
is amended in the fourth sentence by    
inserting desecration of cemeteries1    
after confiscations of property14       
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,may #bh1 #bjad4;,clerk4