1、1 146 CONG.REC. S 6687 and H 6052 (daily ed. July 13, 2000). Sponsors in the Senate wereSenators Hatch, Kennedy, Hutchinson, Daschle, Bennett, Lieberman, Schumer, and Smith (ofOregon). Sponsors in the House were Representatives Canady, Nadler, and Edwards.Congressional Research Service ? The Library
2、 of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20638Updated October 4, 2000The Religious Land Use and InstitutionalizedPersons Act of 2000(name redacted)Legislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionSummaryOn September 22, 2000, President Clinton signed into law the “Religiou
3、s Land Useand Institutionalized Persons Act” (RLUIPA). The measure is a truncated version of the“Religious Liberty Protection Act” (H.R. 1691), which passed the House in 1999 but lostmomentum after a dispute emerged over its effect on state and local civil rights laws.RLUIPA is the latest chapter in
4、 what has been a lengthy dispute over whether religiouspractices ought to be given special treatment by government and about Congressconstitutional authority to require state and local governments to do so. RLUIPA usesCongress interstate commerce, spending clause, and Fourteenth Amendment powers toi
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