3.0.0 2043 2021-12-20T15:54:51Z 2021-12-20T15:54:51Z Senate S S 2012-01-30 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-01-30T23:44:34Z Religious Freedom Protection Act of 2012 112 2092 S 2012-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 112 3897 HR 2012-02-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2012-01-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2012-01-31 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2012-01-31 False L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2012-01-31 False P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2012-02-01 False M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2012-02-01 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2012-02-01 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2012-02-01 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2012-02-01 False K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2012-02-01 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2012-02-01 False M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2012-02-01 False T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2012-02-01 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2012-02-01 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2012-02-01 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2012-02-01 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2012-02-01 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2012-02-01 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2012-02-01 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2012-02-01 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2012-02-01 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-02-01 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2012-02-01 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2012-02-06 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2012-02-07 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2012-02-07 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2012-02-07 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2012-02-09 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2012-02-09 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2012-02-09 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2012-02-16 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Family planning and birth control Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Religion Health 00 2012-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2012-04-03T19:45:20Z Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any guideline or regulation issued relating to the coverage of preventive health services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or any other provision of PPACA to: (1) require any individual or entity to offer, provide, or purchase coverage for a contraceptive or sterilization service, or related education or counseling, to which that individual or entity is opposed on the basis of religious belief; or (2) require any individual or entity opposed by reason of religious belief to provide coverage of a contraceptive or sterilization service or to engage in government-mandated speech regarding such a service.

Declares that nothing in PPACA and no regulations or guidelines issued under PPACA shall be construed to authorize the imposition of a sanction or otherwise disadvantage an individual or entity on the basis of a religiously based decision made by that individual or entity to not offer, provide, or purchase coverage for a contraceptive or sterilization service, or to engage in a government-mandated speech regarding such service.

]]> Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 Display Title Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide religious conscience protections for individuals and organizations. Introduced in Senate 2012-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2043is/xml/BILLS-112s2043is.xml 2012-01-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.