3.0.0 1808 2023-01-11T13:23:27Z 2023-01-11T13:23:27Z Senate S S 2013-12-12 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-12-12T17:41:47Z Marriage and Religious Freedom Act 113 3133 HR 2013-09-19 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Related bill CRS 2013-12-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2013-12-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2013-12-12 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2013-12-12 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2013-12-12 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2013-12-12 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2013-12-12 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2013-12-12 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2013-12-12 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2013-12-12 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2013-12-12 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2013-12-12 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2013-12-12 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2013-12-16 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2013-12-16 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2014-01-06 False C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2014-01-06 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2014-01-13 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2014-03-11 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Charitable contributions Civil actions and liability Employee benefits and pensions Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government lending and loan guarantees Government liability Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Legal fees and court costs Licensing and registrations Marriage and family status Public contracts and procurement Religion Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax-exempt organizations Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2013-12-12 Introduced in Senate 2013-12-24T18:56:56Z Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Prohibits the federal government from taking an adverse action against a person on the basis that such person acts in accordance with a religious belief that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or (2) sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.

Defines "adverse action" as any federal government action to discriminate against a person who is acting in accordance with such religious belief, including a federal government action to:

  • deny or revoke certain tax exemptions or disallow a deduction of any charitable contribution made to or by such person;
  • alter the federal tax treatment of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, such person or such person's employees with respect to any employee benefit provided or not provided by such person;
  • deem an employee benefit plan covering employees of such person to have lost its status as a qualified plan under the Internal Revenue Code, or to be in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, because the plan fails to provide a benefit, right, or feature on account of such person's religious belief;
  • deny or exclude such person from receiving any federal grant, contract, cooperative agreement, loan, license, certification, accreditation, employment, or similar position or status; or
  • deny or withhold any benefit under a federal benefit program.

Permits a person to assert an actual or threatened violation of this Act as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and to obtain compensatory damages or other appropriate relief against the federal government.

Authorizes the Attorney General (DOJ) to bring actions against certain independent establishments of the executive branch (certain establishments in the executive branch, other than the U.S. Postal Service [USPS] and the Postal Regulatory Commission, that are not executive departments, military departments, or government corporations) to enforce this Act.

Specifies that the term "person" includes any person regardless of religious affiliation, as well as corporations and other entities regardless of for-profit or nonprofit status.

]]> Marriage and Religious Freedom Act Display Title Marriage and Religious Freedom Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Marriage and Religious Freedom Act Introduced in Senate 2013-12-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1808is/xml/BILLS-113s1808is.xml 2013-12-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.