District of Columbia Home Rule Non-Discrimination Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5265
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-03-13
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: District of Columbia

First Amendment rights

Religion
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>District of Columbia Home Rule Non-Discrimination Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the applicability of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to the District of Columbia government.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5265 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2018 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to eliminate the applicability of such Act to the District of Columbia.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Home Rule Non-Discrimination Act of 2018 . 2. Elimination of applicability of Religious Freedom Restoration Act to the District of Columbia Paragraph (2) of section 5 of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000bb–2(2) ) is amended by striking the District of Columbia, and the comma after Puerto Rico .