[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4084 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4084

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit 
   the use of community development block grant funds for activities 
  involving acquisition of church property, unless the consent of the 
                          church is obtained.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2000

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit 
   the use of community development block grant funds for activities 
  involving acquisition of church property, unless the consent of the 
                          church is obtained.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Church Protection Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF AMOUNTS TO ACQUIRE CHURCH PROPERTY.

    Section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(i) Prohibition on Use of Assistance to Acquire Church 
Property.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no 
amount from a grant under section 106 may be used to carry out or 
assist any activity if such activity, or the project for which such 
activity is to be conducted, involves acquisition of real property 
owned by a church that is exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(a)), unless the governing 
body of the church has previously consented to such acquisition.''.
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