Section 5504 of the IRTPA created a new bar to showing good moral character under INA 101(f)(9), for noncitizens if, as foreign government officials, they have committed "severe violations of religious freedom" (as defined in the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998). Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ("IRTPA"), 5504, Pub. L. No. 108-458; S. 2845, 108th Congress (Signed Dec. 17, 2004).