Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

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The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act is a U.S. federal law that protects individuals, religious institutions, and prisoners from government actions that substantially burden their religious exercise, particularly in land use and institutional settings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
religious freedom law ⓘ
aimsToPrevent religious discrimination in land use ⓘ
unjustified burdens on religious exercise of prisoners ⓘ
allows private right of action ⓘ
appliesInContext institutional settings ⓘ
jails ⓘ
land use decisions ⓘ
mental health institutions ⓘ
prisons ⓘ
state-run institutions ⓘ
zoning regulations ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
local governments in the United States ⓘ
state governments of the United States ⓘ
basedOn Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
codifiedIn 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc ⓘ
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 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause

Spending Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
countryOfJurisdiction United States ⓘ
Cutter v. WilkinsonHolding upheld constitutionality of institutionalized persons provisions ⓘ
dateSigned 2000-09-22 ⓘ
effectiveDate 2000-09-22 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
hasAbbreviation RLUIPA ⓘ
legalStandard compelling governmental interest ⓘ
least restrictive means ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
partOf United States Code ⓘ
protects individuals ⓘ
prisoners ⓘ
religious institutions ⓘ
providesRemedy declaratory relief ⓘ
injunctive relief ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 106-274 ⓘ
relatedToCaseLaw Cutter v. Wilkinson ⓘ
requiresShowingOf substantial burden on religious exercise ⓘ
scopeLimitation applies where government receives federal funding or affects interstate commerce ⓘ
signedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
subjectMatter land use regulation ⓘ
religious exercise ⓘ
rights of institutionalized persons ⓘ
titleOfAct Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ

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Free Exercise Clause → relatedLegislation → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
Civil Rights Division → legalAuthority → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act → hasAbbreviation → RLUIPA ⓘ
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Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act → titleOfAct → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ
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Housing and Civil Enforcement Section → enforces → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
Special Litigation Section → legalAuthority → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
Sherbert test → influenced → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
Public Law 103-141 → relatedStatute → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ
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Public Law 106-274 → officialName → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ
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Public Law 106-274 → shortName → RLUIPA ⓘ
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Cutter v. Wilkinson → concernsStatute → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
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HCE Section → enforcesLaw → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (housing and land use provisions) ⓘ
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106-274 → officialName → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ
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106-274 → shortName → RLUIPA ⓘ
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42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. → hasShortName → RLUIPA ⓘ
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42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. → hasLongName → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. → codifies → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ
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42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-4 → partOf → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-4 → shortTitleContext → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ
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Cutter → caseConcernedStatute → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ⓘ
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Reginald A. Wilkinson → legalCaseSubject → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
Sossamon v. Texas → interpretsStatute → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ