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HR 2605 108th Congress House

To nullify the effect of section 4 of Executive Order 13279.

Introduced: July 14, 2003 Introduced by: Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Church and social problemsChurchesDiscrimination in employmentExecutive orders
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Government Operations and PoliticsGovernment contractorsLabor and EmploymentReligionReligious libertySubcontractors
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 21, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Jul 21, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jul 21, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jul 21, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 25, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 25, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 21, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nullifies certain provisions of Executive Order 13279, dated December 12, 2002 (relating to equal protection of the laws for faith-based and community organizations) authorizing exemptions from specified Federal procurement contracting requirements with respect to contractors that are religious entities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 7
FROST, MARTIN
· Jul 14, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 14, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 25, 2003
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 25, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 25, 2003
EDWARDS, CHET
· Jun 25, 2003
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Jun 25, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 25, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 25, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jun 25, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2605: To nullify the effect of section 4 of Executive Order 13279.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2605/
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