VOL. XLI

No. 13

30-March-1998

SANCTIONS

US House International Relations Committee Approves Freedom From ReligiousPersecution Act

The International Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives approved on 26March amendments made to the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act (H.R. 2431) by a voteof 31-5. The bill, which was introduced last year by Representative Frank Wolf (R-Va.),would allow the US Government to impose trade sanctions and terminate US aid to countriesthat discriminate...