[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7875 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7875

  To require States and units of local governments to enforce stay-at-
              home orders equally, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2020

 Mr. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Banks, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. 
    Gibbs, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Flores, Mr. Budd, Mr. David P. Roe of 
  Tennessee, Mr. Baird, Mr. Norman, Mr. Guest, Mr. Cline, Mr. Hice of 
   Georgia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
Duncan, Mr. Steube, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Timmons, 
 and Mr. Green of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require States and units of local governments to enforce stay-at-
              home orders equally, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Equal Opportunity First Amendment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EQUAL ENFORCEMENT OF STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS.

    In the case that a State or unit of local government issues an 
order that limits gatherings to a certain number of people pursuant to 
a national emergency declared by the President under the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or a similar State emergency 
declaration, the State or unit of local government may not discriminate 
in the enforcement of such order, in the case of persons who are 
exercising a right protected under the First Amendment.

SEC. 3. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.

    A person who is harmed by a violation of section 2 may bring an 
action in the appropriate district court of the United States seeking 
relief.
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