; Whereas, in January 2018, the United States Agency for International Development pledged an additional $89,000,000 in development assistance for Nigeria, including $10,500,000 for supporting good governance, despite Nigeria having an actively enforced blasphemy law and the USCIRF labeling Nigeria as a country of particular concern; Whereas blasphemy laws are often not objectively enforced, and are instead used to punish, intimidate, and discriminate against religious minorities and embolden sectarian divisions; Whereas despite many countries with active blasphemy laws refusing to enforce such laws, the existence of these laws within a legal system is an affront to the basic human right to freedom of religion; and Whereas to maintain its position as the leading global advocate of religious freedom, the United States should refrain from providing foreign aid to countries that oppose such freedom of religion: Now, therefore, be it