District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1408
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-27
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: District of Columbia

First Amendment rights

Religion
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2019</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 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1408 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2019 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 Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2019 . 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 .