{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-496","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 496","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To oppose violations of religious freedom in Ukraine by Russia and armed groups commanded by Russia.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To oppose violations of religious freedom in Ukraine by Russia and armed groups commanded by Russia."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act"},{"type":"Official Titles as Amended by House","title":"To oppose violations of religious freedom in Ukraine by Russia and armed groups commanded or otherwise supported by or acting on behalf of Russia."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-01-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-04-27","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h129","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act","result":"Passed","yea":421,"nay":4,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll129.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Star Print ordered on the bill.","date":"2022-05-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-04-27","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the President, when determining whether Russia is a country of particular concern for religious freedom under certain federal laws, to consider incidents occurring in the parts of Ukraine that Russia (or any Russia-affiliated non-state group) occupies, controls, or recognizes as independent. (The United States may take certain actions, such as withdrawing development assistance, against a country of particular concern for religious freedom.)"}],"words":70},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Sets out U.S. policy on Russian violations of religious freedom in Ukrainian territory that Russia occupies, controls, or recognizes as independent, and directs the President to consider those violations when deciding whether to designate Russia a country of particular concern for religious freedom.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text/eh#HB6E13131671942ACA5CD657775CF1F74"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text/eh#HDEDF143526EE4F2DB63C293F8F423450"}]},"core_areas":["Religious freedom violations in Russian-occupied or Russian-controlled Ukrainian territory","Country of particular concern designation under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998","Immigration inadmissibility for Russian officials responsible for religious freedom violations"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that it is U.S. policy never to recognize the attempted annexation of Crimea by Russia, or the separation or recognition of independence of any portion of Ukrainian territory through the use of military force.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text/eh#HB6E13131671942ACA5CD657775CF1F74"}},{"text":"States that it is U.S. policy to treat any alien who, as a Russian government official, was responsible for or directly carried out particularly severe violations of religious freedom in those parts of Ukraine as having committed such violations for purposes of section 212(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text/eh#HB6E13131671942ACA5CD657775CF1F74"}},{"text":"Directs the President, when determining whether to designate Russia as a country of particular concern for religious freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, to consider particularly severe violations of religious freedom in Ukrainian territory that Russia occupies, controls, or recognizes as independent.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text/eh#HDEDF143526EE4F2DB63C293F8F423450"}},{"text":"Includes violations carried out through non-state armed groups and illegal entities that Russia commands or supports, or that act on its behalf, among those the President must treat as violations the Government of Russia has engaged in or tolerated.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text/eh#HDEDF143526EE4F2DB63C293F8F423450"}},{"text":"Provides that the budgetary effects of the Act under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 are determined by the latest PAYGO statement the House Budget Committee Chairman submits to the Congressional Record before the vote on passage.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text/eh#H35FC21D971E24C11B9743C59ADE5793E"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-04-27","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/496/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-496.png","v":"f6ae74eea612","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 496, 117th Congress: Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act. House: 421 Yea, 4 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 27 Apr 2022."}}