Combatting the Persecution of Religious Groups in the People’s Republic of China Act

(a) In general. The Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom shall provide an annual briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on—

(1) sanctions imposed on officials of the Government of the People’s Republic of China responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights described in section 3(a);

(2) efforts to strengthen diplomacy relating to international religious freedom; and

(3) plans or efforts to raise the cases of political prisoners imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of religious belief with officials at the highest levels of the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

(b) Appropriate congressional committees defined. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means—

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.