Source: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2008-title42/html/USCODE-2008-title42-chap21C.htm
Timestamp: 2016-10-25 14:40:23
Document Index: 396474110

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2000', '§2', '§1', '§2000', '§3', '§2000', '§4', '§101', '§2000', '§5', '§2000', '§6', '§2000', '§8']

CHAPTER 21C—PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISE IN LAND USE AND BY INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
2000cc.Protection of land use as religious exercise.
2000cc–1.Protection of religious exercise of institutionalized persons.
2000cc–2.Judicial relief.
2000cc–3.Rules of construction.
2000cc–4.Establishment Clause unaffected.
2000cc–5.Definitions.
§2000cc. Protection of land use as religious exercise
(Pub. L. 106–274, §2, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 803.)
Pub. L. 106–274, §1, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 803, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending sections 1988, 2000bb–2 and 2000bb–3 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000’ ”.
§2000cc–1. Protection of religious exercise of institutionalized persons
(Pub. L. 106–274, §3, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 804.)
§2000cc–2. Judicial relief
(Pub. L. 106–274, §4, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 804.)
The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, referred to in subsec. (e), is Pub. L. 104–134, title I, §101(a) [title VIII], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–66, as amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1996 Amendment note set out under section 3601 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and Tables.
Section is comprised of section 4 of Pub. L. 106–274. Subsec. (d) of section 4 of Pub. L. 106–274 amended section 1988(b) of this title.
§2000cc–3. Rules of construction
With respect to a claim brought under this chapter, proof that a substantial burden on a person's religious exercise affects, or removal of that burden would affect, commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, or with Indian tribes, shall not establish any inference or presumption that Congress intends that any religious exercise is, or is not, subject to any law other than this chapter.
(Pub. L. 106–274, §5, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 805.)
§2000cc–4. Establishment Clause unaffected
(Pub. L. 106–274, §6, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 806.)
§2000cc–5. Definitions
The term “land use regulation” means a zoning or landmarking law, or the application of such a law, that limits or restricts a claimant's use or development of land (including a structure affixed to land), if the claimant has an ownership, leasehold, easement, servitude, or other property interest in the regulated land or a contract or option to acquire such an interest.
(Pub. L. 106–274, §8, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 806.)