HR 6099 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act of 2020

Introduced Mar 5, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Ted Budd R-NC

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 17, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act of 2020

This bill provides statutory authority for certain restrictions on conditions for financial assistance and program participation imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with respect to faith-based organizations.

Specifically, HHS shall not impose specified conditions on faith-based organizations regarding the receipt of HHS funds or the participation in HHS programs, such as requirements to disclose religious affiliation, if those conditions are not imposed on organizations that are not faith-based. In addition, HHS shall not require any organization to refer a beneficiary who objects to the religious character of that organization to an alternative provider. States and local governments that administer HHS funds must adhere to these requirements, as well.

Under current law, these restrictions apply to HHS financial assistance and programs through an executive order concerning the administration of federal grants and programs related to faith-based organizations.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 5, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-VABen ClineOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-NCDan BishopOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-CODoug LambornOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-NCGregory F. MurphyOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-INJim BanksOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-NCMark MeadowsOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-TXMichael CloudOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-PAMike KellyOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-LARalph Lee AbrahamOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-GARick W. AllenOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-OHRobert E. LattaOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-KSRoger MarshallOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-MITim WalbergOriginalMar 5, 2020
R-MOVicky HartzlerOriginalMar 5, 2020

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2020
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2020
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2020
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2020
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Mar 17, 2020

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
  2. Mar 5, 2020Introduced in House
  3. Mar 5, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Mar 3, 2020Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1444-1445)

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 44, March 5, 2020, page H1536.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To ensure equal treatment of faith-based organizations participating in programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2020Introduced in House

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