Whereas the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called for designating India as a Country of Particular Concern for 4 consecutive years; Whereas USCIRF’s 2023 annual report states that in 2022, the Indian Government at the national, State, and local levels promoted and enforced religiously discriminatory policies, including laws targeting religious conversion, interfaith relationships, the wearing of hijabs, and cow slaughter, which negatively impact Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, and Adivasis ; Whereas the USCIRF report further states that, The national government also continued to suppress critical voices—particularly religious minorities and those advocating on their behalf—including through surveillance, harassment, demolition of property, and detention ; Whereas the USCIRF report describes the use of laws such as the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Sedition law to target freedom of religion and expression, creating an increasing climate of intimidation and fear ; Whereas the USCIRF report enumerates increasing criminalization of religious conversion, particularly targeting Christians and Muslims, including bans on interfaith marriages; Whereas, according to USCIRF, The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party committed to enforcing harsher penalties for interfaith marriages in its 2022 election manifesto for Uttar Pradesh ; Whereas the USCIRF report highlights the severe risks of the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Registry of Citizens for Indian Muslims, including the possibility of rendering hundreds of thousands stateless or subject to indefinite detention; Whereas the USCIRF report outlines a trend of attacks on religious minorities in their homes and places of worship, including the physical destruction of mosques and homes in Muslim neighborhoods, and mob violence against Muslims and Christians; Whereas the USCIRF describes rampant sexual violence and harassment against women belonging to religious minority and Dalit communities