2012 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 21C - PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISE IN LAND USE AND BY INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS (§§ 2000cc - 2000cc-5)
Section 2000cc-1 - Protection of religious exercise of institutionalized persons
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 21C - PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISE IN LAND USE AND BY INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS Sec. 2000cc-1 - Protection of religious exercise of institutionalized persons |
| Contains | section 2000cc-1 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 106-274, §3, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 804. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 114 Stat. 804 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 106-274 |
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No government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution, as defined in section 1997 of this title, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person—
(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and
(2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.
(b) Scope of applicationThis section applies in any case in which—
(1) the substantial burden is imposed in a program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance; or
(2) the substantial burden affects, or removal of that substantial burden would affect, commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, or with Indian tribes.
(Pub. L. 106–274, §3, Sept. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 804.)
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