Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a 1993 U.S. federal law that aims to protect individuals’ religious practices from substantial government burdens unless justified by a compelling governmental interest pursued through the least restrictive means.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
religious freedom law ⓘ
appliesTo federal government actions ⓘ
codifiedAt 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1 ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-4 ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1993-11-16 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1993-11-16 ⓘ
enactedBy 103rd United States Congress ⓘ
hasSection 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1(a) ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1(b) ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1(c) ⓘ
heldUnconstitutionalAsTo state and local governments ⓘ
influenced state Religious Freedom Restoration Acts ⓘ
legalTestRestored Sherbert test ⓘ
compelling interest test for free exercise claims ⓘ
limitedByCourtCase City of Boerne v. Flores ⓘ
limitedByCourtCaseYear 1997 ⓘ
motivatedBy Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ
originallyAppliedTo federal government ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
protects religious exercise of individuals ⓘ
religious exercise of other entities ⓘ
religious exercise of religious organizations ⓘ
provides affirmative defense in judicial proceedings ⓘ
cause of action for individuals ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 103-141 ⓘ
purpose to protect the free exercise of religion ⓘ
to provide a claim or defense to persons whose religious exercise is substantially burdened by government ⓘ
to restore the compelling interest test for laws burdening religious exercise ⓘ
relatedTo First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Free Exercise Clause ⓘ
requiresShowing substantial burden on religious exercise ⓘ
shortName RFRA ⓘ
signedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
sponsorInHouse Charles Schumer ⓘ
sponsorInSenate Ted Kennedy ⓘ
linked to: Edward M. Kennedy
standardImposedOnGovernment compelling governmental interest ⓘ
least restrictive means ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 107 Stat. 1488 ⓘ
stillAppliesTo federal government agencies ⓘ
federal law ⓘ
supportedBy bipartisan coalition ⓘ
civil liberties groups ⓘ
religious organizations ⓘ
yearEnacted 1993 ⓘ

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Free Exercise Clause → relatedLegislation → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
Native American Church → legalProtection → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
Religious Freedom Restoration Act → shortName → RFRA ⓘ
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Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act → basedOn → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
Sherbert v. Verner → influenced → Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ⓘ
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American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 1994 → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
Employment Division v. Smith → hasSubsequentLegislationInfluenced → Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ⓘ
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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ⓘ
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103rd United States Congress → enactedLaw → Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ⓘ
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Public Law 103-141 → shortTitle → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
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Public Law 103-141 → alsoKnownAs → RFRA of 1993 ⓘ
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City of Boerne v. Flores → statuteAtIssue → Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ⓘ
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Public Law 106-274 → title → An Act To protect religious liberty, and for other purposes ⓘ
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Public Law 106-274 → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ⓘ
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Cutter v. Wilkinson → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
United States sovereign immunity law → implementedBy → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
106-274 → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ⓘ
linked to: Religious Freedom Restoration Act
42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-4 → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 ⓘ
linked to: Religious Freedom Restoration Act
American Indian Religious Freedom Act → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
subject linked to: AIRFA
Public Law 95-341 → relatedTo → Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty → worksOn → Religious Freedom Restoration Act cases ⓘ
linked to: Religious Freedom Restoration Act