Statement of policy

(a) Holding officials of the People’s Republic of China responsible for religious freedom abuses It is the policy of the United States to consider that any official of the Government of the People’s Republic of China who is responsible for or has directly carried out abuses of religious freedom, including those involving arbitrary detention, forced sterilization, torture, forced labor, and serious restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, expression, and movement against religious minorities, including Protestant Christians, Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims, and Falun Gong practitioners, in the People’s Republic of China may have committed a gross violation of internationally recognized human rights for purposes of imposing sanctions with respect to such official under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.). (b) Department of State programming To promote religious freedom in the People’s Republic of China It is the policy of the United States— (1) that the relevant bureaus of the Department of State, including the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, should support efforts to promote international religious freedom in the People’s Republic of China; and (2) for programs of the Department of State to promote religious freedom in the People’s Republic of China and monitor transnational repression of religious minority groups engaged in by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.