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Official Title: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act (H.R. 2282)
Introduced by Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV)
Official Title: Guaranteeing Religious Accommodation in Childhood Education Act, or "GRACE Act" (HR. 5075)
Introduced by: Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL)
The bill would prevent the award of federal education funds to schools and state agencies that do not permit religious exemptions for vaccination requirements.
Official Title: "FACE Act Repeal Act of 2025" (H.R. 589)
Introduced by: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)
This bill would repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of 1994 which prohibits the use of "force, threat of force, or physical obstruction" to interfere with a person obtaining or providing reproductive health services or exercising religious freedom at a place of worship.
Official Title: Conscience Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 3411)
Introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX)
Includes the one-to-one tax credit when donating to scholarship-granting organizations or private schools.
This bill could shift financial support away from public education and create disparities in school funding. Raises concerns about long-term effects on educational accessibility and equity.
Official Title: Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R. 2501)
Introduced by Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC)
This would amend the IRS code (Johnson Amendment) to allow charitable (including religious) organizations to make political statements without losing tax-exempt status, as long as those statements are made "in the ordinary course" of their activities.
Official Title: Universal School Choice Act (H.R.3519 / S.1810)
Introduced by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) in the House and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in the Senate
Official Title: Free Speech Fairness (H.R.2501/S.1205)
Introduced by Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC) and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)
Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act (H.R. 2062)
Introduced by Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Greg Murphy (R-NC) and Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Official Title: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025 (H.R. 833/S. 292)
Introduced by Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Official Title: Defense of Conscience in Healthcare Act (S. 47)
Introduced by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)
This bill directs of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue a final rule that is identical or equivalent to the first Trump administration’s rule titled Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority, which was scheduled to take effect on July 22, 2019, but was vacated by courts.