US Congress Senate Bill 2043 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 31-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any guideline or regulation issued relating to the coverage of preventive health services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or any other provision of PPACA to: (1) require any individual or entity to offer, provide, or purchase coverage for a contraceptive or sterilization service, or related education or counseling, to which that individual or entity is opposed on the basis of religious belief; or (2) require any individual or entity opposed by reason of religious belief to provide coverage of a contraceptive or sterilization service or to engage in government-mandated speech regarding such a service. Declares that nothing in PPACA and no regulations or guidelines issued under PPACA shall be construed to authorize the imposition of a sanction or otherwise disadvantage an individual or entity on the basis of a religiously based decision made by that individual or entity to not offer, provide, or purchase coverage for a contraceptive or sterilization service, or to engage in a government-mandated speech regarding such service.

Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]
Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB3897 (Same As) 2012-02-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB2092 (Related) 2012-02-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2043/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2043/BILLS-112s2043is.pdf