---
kind: "diff"
citation: "S. 653"
bill: "113-s-653"
heading: "Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2013"
from: "rs"
from_label: "Reported in Senate"
to: "es"
to_label: "Engrossed in Senate"
sections_amended: 2
sections_added: 1
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/113/s/653/changes/es"
---

# S. 653 — what changed

S. 653, Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2013 — 2 sections amended and 1 added between Reported in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Section 1 Short title

- This Act may be cited as the “Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of <del>2013”.</del><ins>2014”.</ins>

## Sec. 6 Sunset

- <del>Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of State for Diplomatic and Consular Programs for fiscal years 2013 through 2017, the Secretary of State is authorized to provide to the Special Envoy $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year for the hiring of staff, the conduct of investigations, and necessary travel </del><ins>This Act shall cease </ins>to <del>carry out the provisions of this Act.</del><ins>be effective beginning on October 1, 2019.</ins>

## Sec. 7 Funding — added

- <ins>Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of State for Diplomatic and Consular Programs for fiscal years 2015 through 2019, the Secretary of State is authorized to provide to the Special Envoy $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year for the hiring of staff, the conduct of investigations, and necessary travel to carry out the provisions of this Act.</ins>