US Congress House Bill 1450 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 216-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits the application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to specified federal laws or the implementation of such laws. Currently, RFRA prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest when using the least restrictive means. Under the bill, RFRA is inapplicable to laws or the implementation of laws that protect against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity (e.g., the Civil Rights Act of 1964); require employers to provide wages, other compensation, or benefits, including leave; protect collective activity in the workplace; protect against child labor, abuse, or exploitation; or provide for access to, information about, referrals for, provision of, or coverage for, any health care item or service. The bill prevents RFRA from being used to deny (1) goods or services the government has contracted, granted, or made an agreement to provide to a beneficiary; or (2) a person's full and equal enjoyment of a government-provided good, service, benefit, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation. In order for a person to assert a RFRA claim or defense in a judicial proceeding, the government must be a party to the proceeding.

Do No Harm Act

Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]
Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-02-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-02-28	House	Introduced in House

SB593 (Related) 2019-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1450/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1450/BILLS-116hr1450ih.pdf