42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq.
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42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. is the section of the United States Code that sets out the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), protecting religious exercise in land-use regulation and in institutions such as prisons.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc | 1 |
| 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1966687 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. Context triple: [Public Law 106-274, codifiedAs, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq.]
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A.
42 U.S.C. § 1983
42 U.S.C. § 1983 is a key federal civil rights statute that allows individuals to sue state and local officials in U.S. courts for violations of constitutional or federally protected rights.
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50 U.S.C. § 1547
50 U.S.C. § 1547 is the statutory provision within the War Powers Resolution that sets out key interpretive rules and limitations on how presidential and congressional powers related to the introduction of U.S. armed forces into hostilities are to be understood.
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C.
Title 22 of the United States Code
Title 22 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law that governs U.S. foreign relations and international assistance programs.
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D.
Title 20 of the United States Code
Title 20 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal statutory law governing education in the United States, including policies on K–12 and higher education.
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E.
United States Code
The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. Target entity description: 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. is the section of the United States Code that sets out the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), protecting religious exercise in land-use regulation and in institutions such as prisons.
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A.
42 U.S.C. § 1983
42 U.S.C. § 1983 is a key federal civil rights statute that allows individuals to sue state and local officials in U.S. courts for violations of constitutional or federally protected rights.
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B.
50 U.S.C. § 1547
50 U.S.C. § 1547 is the statutory provision within the War Powers Resolution that sets out key interpretive rules and limitations on how presidential and congressional powers related to the introduction of U.S. armed forces into hostilities are to be understood.
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C.
Title 22 of the United States Code
Title 22 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law that governs U.S. foreign relations and international assistance programs.
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D.
Title 20 of the United States Code
Title 20 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal statutory law governing education in the United States, including policies on K–12 and higher education.
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E.
United States Code
The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ religious freedom statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
institutions receiving federal financial assistance
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land use regulations ⓘ land use regulations affecting interstate commerce ⓘ land use regulations with federal funding connection ⓘ local jails ⓘ other institutions housing persons ⓘ programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ state prisons ⓘ zoning laws ⓘ |
| authorizes |
United States Attorney General enforcement
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civil actions for injunctive and declaratory relief ⓘ |
| codifies | Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ |
| containsSection |
42 U.S.C. § 2000cc
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42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1 ⓘ 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-2 ⓘ 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-3 ⓘ 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-4 ⓘ 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-5 ⓘ |
| defines |
institutionalized person
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land use regulation ⓘ religious exercise ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| enactmentYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| hasLongName | Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ |
| hasShortName | RLUIPA ⓘ |
| includesProvision |
equal terms clause for religious assemblies
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exclusions and limits clause for religious land use ⓘ no preemption of greater religious liberty protections ⓘ nondiscrimination clause for religious land use ⓘ rules of construction favoring broad protection of religious exercise ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| legalStandard | strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| partOf | Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| prohibits |
imposition of substantial burden on religious exercise in land use
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imposition of substantial burden on religious exercise of institutionalized persons ⓘ |
| protects |
free exercise of religion
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religious exercise in land use regulation ⓘ religious exercise of institutionalized persons ⓘ |
| provides | private right of action ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | Public Law 106-274 ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ |
| requires |
compelling governmental interest for substantial burdens on religious exercise
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least restrictive means for substantial burdens on religious exercise ⓘ |
| signedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | religious liberty in land use and institutions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. Description of subject: 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. is the section of the United States Code that sets out the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), protecting religious exercise in land-use regulation and in institutions such as prisons.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq.