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A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order laying a foundation for discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, women, religious minorities, and others under the pretext of religious freedom.

USA115th CongressS-1114| Senate 
| Updated: 5/11/2017
Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein

Democratic Senator

California

Cosponsors (22)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Al Franken (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill nullifies Executive Order 13798, titled "Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty." The executive order: (1) requires the executive branch to enforce federal law protections for religious freedom and to protect persons and organizations that engage in religious and political speech; (2) prohibits the Department of the Treasury from taking adverse action against individuals, houses of worship, or religious organizations based on their speech about moral or political issues from a religious perspective, where speech of similar character has not ordinarily been treated as participation or intervention in a political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, a candidate for public office; and (3) requires Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services to consider issuing amended regulations to address conscience-based objections to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's preventive-care mandate, which requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide coverage, and not impose cost sharing requirements, for contraception and other additional preventive care and screenings for women.
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Timeline
May 11, 2017
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2919-2920)
  • May 11, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 11, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2919-2920)

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of LaborDepartment of the TreasuryFamily planning and birth controlFirst Amendment rightsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive careMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationWomen's health

A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order laying a foundation for discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, women, religious minorities, and others under the pretext of religious freedom.

USA115th CongressS-1114| Senate 
| Updated: 5/11/2017
This bill nullifies Executive Order 13798, titled "Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty." The executive order: (1) requires the executive branch to enforce federal law protections for religious freedom and to protect persons and organizations that engage in religious and political speech; (2) prohibits the Department of the Treasury from taking adverse action against individuals, houses of worship, or religious organizations based on their speech about moral or political issues from a religious perspective, where speech of similar character has not ordinarily been treated as participation or intervention in a political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, a candidate for public office; and (3) requires Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services to consider issuing amended regulations to address conscience-based objections to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's preventive-care mandate, which requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide coverage, and not impose cost sharing requirements, for contraception and other additional preventive care and screenings for women.
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Timeline
May 11, 2017
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2919-2920)
  • May 11, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 11, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2919-2920)
Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein

Democratic Senator

California

Cosponsors (22)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Al Franken (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of LaborDepartment of the TreasuryFamily planning and birth controlFirst Amendment rightsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive careMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationWomen's health