Federal Aid for Reconstruction of Houses of Worship : A Legal Analysis.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buildings.

Church and state.

Constitutional law.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (15 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

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Summary:

Examines constitutional rules governing Federal funding for religious buildings, and analyzes previous Supreme Court decisions on this issue. Analyzes recent lower court and administrative opinions that have distinguished Court decisions and allowed public funds to be awarded to houses of worship. Discusses examples in which Congress has proposed or provided funding related to construction and maintenance of religious buildings, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which provided funding for various education programs, including the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund; and H.R. 3066, the Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2015, to authorize FEMA to provide disaster recovery assistance to houses of worship and other buildings operated by religious organizations.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Federal Aid for Reconstruction of Houses of Worship

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