S. 4340 · 116th Congress
SACRED Act
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Safeguarding Americans from Coronavirus and Religious Exercise Discrimination Act or the SACRED Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 28, 2020
Safeguarding Americans from Coronavirus and Religious Exercise Discrimination Act or the SACRED Act
This bill makes a state or local jurisdiction that discriminates against religious individuals or religious institutions ineligible to receive or use funds allocated, appropriated, or authorized to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Specifically, a state or local jurisdiction violates this bill's prohibition if it (1) enforces, or announces the intent to enforce, any law, regulation, policy, order, proclamation, or decree related to COVID-19 that discriminates against religious individuals or religious institutions; or (2) provides, or shows an intention to provide, funds to a separate jurisdiction that is ineligible to receive or use those funds because the jurisdiction has committed a violation.
The Department of Justice shall determine whether a state or local jurisdiction is ineligible to receive or use such funds.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: SACRED Act
Also known as: Safeguarding Americans from Coronavirus and Religious Exercise Discrimination Act
Latest action (Jul 28, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 28, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.