,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ac1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,gowdy introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,foreign          
,assistance ,act of #aifa to limit      
assistance to countries that engage in  
certain discriminatory religious1       
educational1 or freedom of movement     
practices4  #a4 ,limitation on          
assistance to countries that engage in  
certain discriminatory religious1       
educational1 or freedom of movement     
practices  7a7 ,in general ,chapter #a  
of part ,,iii of the ,foreign           
,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bcea et seq47 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section3      
#fbj,n4 ,limitation on assistance to    
countries that engage in certain        
discriminatory religious1 educational1  
or freedom of movement practices  7a7   
,limitation ,no assistance may be       

provided under this ,act or any other   
,act to any foreign country the         
government of which the ,president      
determines1 and notifies ,congress1 is  
engaging in any of the practices        
described in subsection 7b74  7b7       
,practices described ,the practices     
referred to in subsection 7a7 are the   
following3  7#a7 ,the government engages
 in state-sanctioned religious          
persecution of minority religious groups
 as evidenced by anti-blasphemy laws or 
penalties applied to minority religious 
groups for sharing their faith4  7#b7   
,the government prevents equal access to
 education on the basis of gender1 race1
 or ethnicity4  7#c7 ,the government    
does not accept the return of nationals 
of the country who have been removed    
from another country following a removal
 proceeding4  7c7 ,exception ,the       
limitation on assistance under          
subsection 7a7 shall not apply with     
respect to humanitarian assistance4  7d7
 ,waiver ,the ,president may waive      

subsection 7a7 on a case-by-case basis  
if the ,president determines and        
notifies ,congress that it is in the    
national security interests of the      
,united ,states to do so4  4  7b7       
,effective date ,section #fbj,n of the  
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa1 as  
added by subsection 7a71 shall take     
effect on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act and shall apply with respect  
to amounts made available for assistance
 under the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of 
#aifa or any other ,act that are        
unobligated on or after such date of    
enactment4