22 USC § 6436 - Termination

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s6436"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 6436 - Termination"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "6436"
section_name: "Termination"
chapter_number: 73
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–292, title II, § 209, formerly § 206, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2800; renumbered § 209 and amended Pub. L. 106–55, § 1(b)(2), (c), Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 401, 405; Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title VI, § 681(g), Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1409; Pub. L. 112–75, § 6, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1273; Pub. L. 113–271, § 1(2), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2951; Pub. L. 114–71, § 3, Oct. 16, 2015, 129 Stat. 563; Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title VIII, § 802, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3076; Pub. L. 117–181, § 2(b), Sept. 30, 2022, 136 Stat. 2177; Pub. L. 118–90, § 2(b), Sept. 30, 2024, 138 Stat. 1559.)"
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# § 6436. Termination

September 30, 2026

The Commission shall terminate on .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–292, title II, § 209, formerly § 206, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2800; renumbered § 209 and amended Pub. L. 106–55, § 1(b)(2), (c), Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 401, 405; Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title VI, § 681(g), Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1409; Pub. L. 112–75, § 6, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1273; Pub. L. 113–271, § 1(2), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2951; Pub. L. 114–71, § 3, Oct. 16, 2015, 129 Stat. 563; Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title VIII, § 802, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3076; Pub. L. 117–181, § 2(b), Sept. 30, 2022, 136 Stat. 2177; Pub. L. 118–90, § 2(b), Sept. 30, 2024, 138 Stat. 1559.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024— substituted “” for “”.

2022— substituted “” for “”.

2019— substituted “2022” for “2019”.

2015— substituted “” for “”.

2014— substituted “” for “”.

2011— substituted “” for “”.

2002— substituted “” for “”.

1999—, which directed substitution of “on ” for “4 years after the initial appointment of all the Commissioners”, was executed by making the substitution for “4 years after the initial appointment of all of the Commissioners”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if enacted on , see , set out as a note under .

### Extension of Termination Date

> “That section 209 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (
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> ) shall be applied by substituting ‘
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> ’ for ‘
> 
> ’ ”.

, , , provided in part: