3.0.0 2926 2023-01-11T13:24:19Z 2023-01-11T13:24:19Z House H HR 2013-08-01 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ALEXANDER:H.R. 2926.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment ofreligion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; orabridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or theright of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petitionthe Government for a redress of grievances.[Page H5346]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T14:08:50Z Freedom to Pray Act 113 1279 S 2013-07-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2013-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2013-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000361 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] Rodney Alexander R LA 5 N Government Operations and Politics First Amendment rights Religion Government Operations and Politics 00 2013-08-01 Introduced in House 2013-08-15T15:54:27Z Freedom to Pray Act - Prohibits the federal government from revoking or withholding federal financial assistance that would otherwise be provided to any recipient on the basis of religious activities that are conducted voluntarily and initiated by participants in a program or activity carried out by such recipient.

Prohibits this Act from being construed to authorize the United States or any state or political subdivision to: (1) sponsor a religious activity, (2) prohibit a recipient of federal financial assistance from ensuring that a religious activity does not materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of the program or activities carried out by such recipient, (3) require any person to participate in prayer or other religious activity, or (4) compel any employee or agent of a program or activity that is carried out by a recipient of federal financial assistance to participate in an activity if the content of the speech at the activity is contrary to their beliefs.

]]> Freedom to Pray Act Display Title Freedom to Pray Act Official Title as Introduced To prohibit the revocation or withholding of Federal funds to programs whose participants carry out voluntary religious activities. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Freedom to Pray Act Introduced in House 2013-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2926ih/xml/BILLS-113hr2926ih.xml 2013-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.