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 108 STAT. 1774 PUBLIC LAW 103-317—AUG. 26, 1994 repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in shipyards located outside of the United States. (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than emergency repair), conversion, or modernization of aircraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in facilities located outside the United States and Canada. SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS. — It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be American-made. (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress. SEC. 608. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Emplo3rment Opportunity Commission covering harassment based on religion, when it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266). SEC. 609. No funds appropriated herein, or by any other Act, shall be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny or refuse entry into the United States of any goods on the United States Munitions List manufactured or produced in the People's Republic of China, for which authority had been granted to import into the United States, on or before May 26, 1994, and which were, on or before May 26, 1994, in a bonded warehouse or foreign trade zone, in port, or, as determined by the United States on a case-by-case basis, in transit. 42 USC 2000e-12 SEC. 610. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. " °*®' (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) the liberties protected by our Constitution include religious liberty protected by the first amendment; (2) citizens of the United States profess the beliefs of almost every conceivable religion; (3) Congress has historically protected religious expression even from governmental action not intended to be hostile to religion; (4) the Supreme Court has written that "the free exercise of religion means, first and foremost, the right to believe and profess whatever religious doctrine one desires"; (5) the Supreme Court has firmly settled that under our Constitution the public expression of ideas may not be prohibited merely because the content of the ideas is offensive to some; (6) Congress enacted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to restate and make clear again our intent and position that religious liberty is and should forever be granted

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