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On the recordDecember 16, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 2867) to reauthorize the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the Senate amendments is as follows: Senate amendments: Beginning on page 2, strike line 6 and all that follows through ``(3)'' on page 4, line 18, and insert the following: (a) Terms.--Section 201(c) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(c)) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ``(1) In general.--The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be 2 years. An individual, including any member appointed to the Commission prior to the date of the enactment of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011, shall not serve more than 2 terms as a member of the Commission under any circumstance. For any member serving on the Commission on such date who has completed at least 2 full terms on the Commission, such member's term shall expire 90 days after such date. A member of the Commission may not serve after the expiration of that member's term.''; and (2) On page 5, line 3, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(b)''.…

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