3.0.0 4340 2023-01-11T13:45:34Z 2023-01-11T13:45:34Z Senate S 2020-07-28 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-28T20:08:10Z RECOVERY Act 116 4537 S 2020-09-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2020-07-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-07-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2020-08-04 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Religion State and local finance State and local government operations Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2020-07-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-18T20:03:18Z Safeguarding Americans from Coronavirus and Religious Exercise Discrimination Act or the SACRED Act

This bill makes a state or local jurisdiction that discriminates against religious individuals or religious institutions ineligible to receive or use funds allocated, appropriated, or authorized to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, a state or local jurisdiction violates this bill's prohibition if it (1) enforces, or announces the intent to enforce, any law, regulation, policy, order, proclamation, or decree related to COVID-19 that discriminates against religious individuals or religious institutions; or (2) provides, or shows an intention to provide, funds to a separate jurisdiction that is ineligible to receive or use those funds because the jurisdiction has committed a violation.

The Department of Justice shall determine whether a state or local jurisdiction is ineligible to receive or use such funds.

]]> SACRED Act Display Title SACRED Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SACRED Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Safeguarding Americans from Coronavirus and Religious Exercise Discrimination Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that a State or local jurisdiction is ineligible to receive or use funds allocated, appropriated, or authorized to address COVID-19 if that State or jurisdiction discriminates against religious individuals or religious institutions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4340is/xml/BILLS-116s4340is.xml 2020-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.