Do No Harm Act

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

1. 42 U.S.C. 2000bb-1added (d)by S. 894 Sec. 2

   (d) Additional exception from application of Act where Federal law prevents harm to others.— Subsections (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to—(1) any provision of law or its implementation that provides for or requires—(A) a protection against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), and the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291 et seq.);(B) an employer to provide a wage, other compensation, or a benefit, including leave, or a standard protecting collective activity in the workplace;(C) a protection against child labor, child abuse, or child exploitation; or(D) access to, information about, a referral for, provision of, or coverage for, any health care item or service;(2) any term of a government contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other award, that provides funds directly or indirectly, and that requires a good, service, function, or activity to be performed for or provided to a beneficiary of or a participant in a program or activity funded, directly or indirectly, by a government contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other award; or(3) the extent that application would result in denying a person the full and equal enjoyment of a good, service, benefit, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation provided by the government.

   The bill says: Section 3 of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb–1) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Bill text · Current law (42 U.S.C. 2000bb-1)

2. 42 U.S.C. 2000bb-1(c)changedby S. 894 Sec. 3(b)

   (c) Judicial relief. A person whose religious exercise has been burdened in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceedingjudicial proceeding to which a government is a party and obtain appropriate relief against that government. and obtain appropriate relief against a government. Standing to assert a claim or defense under this section shall be governed by the general rules of standing under article III of the Constitution.

   The bill says: Section 3(c) of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb–1(c)) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking "judicial proceeding" and all that follows through the first period and inserting "judicial proceeding to which a government is a party and obtain appropriate relief against that government.".

   Bill text · Current law (42 U.S.C. 2000bb-1)

From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, 2024 edition, which may not yet show changes made since.