Pending Federal Legislation On Religious Liberty and Church-State

As Congress reconvenes later this month, at least 20 bills impacting free exercise or church-state relations are pending in committee or at other stages of the legislative process. Here they are:

• Workplace Religious Freedom Act- S.677; H.R. 1445.
  
• Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act- H.R. 235.
  
• Denial of tax exemption for discriminatory social clubs- H.R. 237.
  
• Family Education Freedom Act- H.R. 406.
  
• Bill to allow clergy to revoke their Social Security exemption- H.R. 451.
  
• Trade sanctions for countries that violate human rights- H.R. 967.
  
• Tools For Community Initiatives Act- H.R. 1054.
  
• Tax code's definition of "convention or association of churches"—H.R. 1411.
  
• Responsibility of pharmacies to fill prescriptions- H.R. 1539, H.R. 1652, S. 809.
  
• Liberty List Act- H.R. 1662.
  
• War Memorial Preservation Act—H.R. 2229.
  
• Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act- H.R. 2631.
  
• Public Expression of Religion Act- H.R. 2679.
  
• Commission on Religious Freedom and Respect in the Armed Forces- H.R. 3108.
  
• Disaster Relief Equity Act- H.R. 3208.
  
• Religious exemption from furnishing tax identifying numbers- H.R. 3410.
  
• Voluntary non-denomination prayer at military academies- H.R. 3430.
  
• Reinstating harboring sanctions for paid alien religious volunteers- H.R. 4321.
  
• Public Prayer Protection Act- H.R. 4364.
  
• Extending Equal Access Act to Elementary schools- S. 483.