PEACE Act
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Protecting Europe from Antisemitic Crime and Extremism Act" or the "PEACE Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Europe from Antisemitic Crime and Extremism Act or the PEACE Act .
2Briefings on antisemitism in Europe
This section would state that it is the sense of Congress that the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, working with other relevant Department of State officials, should assess the persistent and growing threat of antisemitism and acts of international terrorism in Europe as a matter of importance to United States foreign policy. It would also state that it is the sense of Congress that the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, acting through the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, should diplomatically engage the governments of countries of apparent concern on transatlantic cooperation to counter and address antisemitism and acts of international terrorism that may threaten transatlantic stability, the safety and security of United States citizens, and institutions abroad. Beyond this sense of Congress, the section would require the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs to provide a briefing on these matters to the appropriate congressional committees no later than 180 days after the Act becomes law, and again annually for the following two years. The section would define "appropriate congressional committees" to mean the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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2. Briefings on antisemitism in Europe (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, in consultation with other relevant officials of the Department of State, should assess the persistent and growing threat of antisemitism and acts of international terrorism in Europe as a matter of importance to the foreign policy of the United States; and (2) the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, acting through the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, should diplomatically engage governments of countries of apparent concern on efforts for transatlantic cooperation to counter and address antisemitism and acts of international terrorism that may threaten transatlantic stability, the safety and security of United States citizens, and institutions abroad. (b) Briefing Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two years, the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the matters described in subsection (a). (c) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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In the House.