Religious Freedom Restoration Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:RFRA
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:government
gptkbp:category 1993 in American law
Religious freedom in the United States
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:42_U.S.C._§_2000bb_et_seq.
gptkbp:cosponsor gptkb:Ted_Kennedy
gptkbp:dateEnacted November 16, 1993
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Religious Freedom Restoration Act
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Employment_Division_v._Smith
gptkbp:originallyAppliedTo gptkb:government
state governments
gptkbp:overturnedInPartBy High Court of Justice
gptkbp:prohibits gptkb:City_of_Boerne_v._Flores
gptkbp:purpose protect religious freedom
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Religious_Land_Use_and_Institutionalized_Persons_Act
gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:requires strict scrutiny for laws burdening religious exercise
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkbp:sponsor Chuck Schumer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4