22 U.S.C. § 6471
Use of Annual Report
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 6471, Use of Annual Report, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458157
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The Annual Report, together with other relevant documentation, shall serve as a resource for immigration judges and consular, refugee, and asylum officers in cases involving claims of persecution on the grounds of religion. Absence of reference by the Annual Report to conditions described by the alien shall not constitute the sole grounds for a denial of the alien’s claim.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- International Religious Freedom Act of 1998