3.0.0 2918 2023-01-11T13:42:28Z 2023-01-11T13:42:28Z Senate S 2018-05-22 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-22T21:17:25Z Do No Harm Act 115 3222 HR 2017-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS 2018-05-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2018-05-22 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-05-22 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2018-05-22 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2018-05-22 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2018-05-22 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-05-22 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2018-05-22 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-05-22 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-05-22 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-05-22 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-05-22 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-05-22 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2018-09-12 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-09-12 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2018-09-12 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-09-12 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2018-09-12 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2018-09-17 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2018-09-17 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2018-09-17 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-09-17 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2018-09-17 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2018-09-17 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-09-18 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-09-27 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2018-09-28 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-09-28 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2018-10-10 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2018-11-28 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-11-29 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-12-19 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Crimes against women Disability and health-based discrimination Employee leave Employment discrimination and employee rights First Amendment rights Government liability Health care coverage and access Housing discrimination Labor-management relations Religion Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Wages and earnings Youth employment and child labor Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2018-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-09-27T18:23:19Z Do No Harm Act

This bill makes the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) inapplicable to federal laws (or implementations of laws) that:

  • protect against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, Executive Order 11246 (concerning equal employment opportunity), the Violence Against Women Act, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) rules entitled "Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity";
  • require employers to provide wages, other compensation, or benefits, including leave;
  • protect collective activity in the workplace;
  • protect against child labor, abuse, or exploitation; or
  • provide for access to, information about, referrals for, provision of, or coverage for, any health care item or service.

Under current law, RFRA prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest when using the least restrictive means.

The bill makes RFRA inapplicable to: (1) terms requiring goods, services, functions, or activities to be performed or provided to beneficiaries of government contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or awards; or (2) denials of a person's full and equal enjoyment of a government-provided good, service, benefit, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation.

To assert a RFRA claim or defense in a judicial proceeding, the government must be a party to the proceeding.

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