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<dc:title>118 S3935 IS: Protecting Religious Freedom for Foster Families Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-03-14</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 3935</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20240314">March 14, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S411">Mr. Marshall</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S396">Mrs. Blackburn</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S395">Mrs. Hyde-Smith</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule, entitled <quote>Safe and Appropriate Foster Care Placement Requirements for Titles IV–E and IV–B</quote>.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H3AF4E96E970A4817AA53342FB2358B4F"><section section-type="section-one" id="H93E768BC6D504B78AAFA6A16A48444E3"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Protecting Religious Freedom for Foster Families Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H36A6F89CE8B842B1921F1475FE2E09B2"><enum>2.</enum><header>Prohibition on rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule, entitled <quote>Safe and Appropriate Foster Care Placement Requirements for Titles IV–E and IV–B</quote> (88 Fed. Reg. 66752; published September 28, 2023), or any substantially similar rule.</text></section></legis-body></bill> 

