3.0.0 75 2024-07-24T15:24:04Z 2024-07-24T15:24:04Z Senate S S 2023-01-25 118 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2023-01-25T20:10:00Z Providing for Life Act of 2023 118 74 S 2023-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Providing for Life Act of 2023 118 4789 HR 2023-08-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture. Related bill CRS 2023-01-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2023-01-25 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2023-01-25 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2023-01-25 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2023-01-30 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-01-31 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2023-01-31 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Accounting and auditing 2023-06-02T22:03:48Z Civil actions and liability 2023-06-02T22:03:48Z Federal preemption 2023-06-02T22:03:48Z First Amendment rights 2023-06-02T22:03:48Z Religion 2023-06-02T22:03:48Z Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations 2023-06-02T22:03:48Z Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 2023-02-08T19:45:51Z 00 2023-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2023-05-25T21:24:51Z Lifting Local Communities Act

This bill specifies that government entities may not discriminate against religious organizations when awarding federal funds for social services programs (i.e., government programs that provide services for low-income individuals and communities, such as child care, transportation, employment, housing, and meal services).

Specifically, religious organizations are eligible to apply for and receive federal funds to provide services for social services programs on the same basis as private, nonreligious organizations. Additionally, government entities may not discriminate against private organizations on the basis of religion when selecting funding recipients.

Organizations that receive federal funds for social services programs may not discriminate against individuals on the basis of religion when providing services. If an individual objects to the character or affiliation of a private organization that is providing a service as part of a social services program, government entities must provide the individual with reasonable alternatives.

Religious organizations may bring civil actions against entities for violations.

]]> Lifting Local Communities Act Display Title 45 Lifting Local Communities Act 2024-07-24T15:24:04Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Lifting Local Communities Act 2024-05-24T13:42:56Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to ensure equal treatment for religious organizations in the Federal provision of social services programs, grantmaking, and contracting, and for other purposes. 2023-02-02T02:43:55Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s75is/xml/BILLS-118s75is.xml 2023-01-25 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.