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Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act of 2020

Introduced: March 5, 2020 Introduced by: Budd, Ted Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Mar 17, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Mar 5, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Natural Resources, 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.

Mar 5, 2020

Introduced in House

Mar 3, 2020

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1444-1445)

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act of 2020

This bill provides statutory authority for certain restrictions on conditions for financial assistance and program participation imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with respect to faith-based organizations.

Specifically, HHS shall not impose specified conditions on faith-based organizations regarding the receipt of HHS funds or the participation in HHS programs, such as requirements to disclose religious affiliation, if those conditions are not imposed on organizations that are not faith-based. In addition, HHS shall not require any organization to refer a beneficiary who objects to the religious character of that organization to an alternative provider. States and local governments that administer HHS funds must adhere to these requirements, as well.

Under current law, these restrictions apply to HHS financial assistance and programs through an executive order concerning the administration of federal grants and programs related to faith-based organizations.

What's happening now March 17, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

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