HR8353-119

In Committee

FAITH Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 16, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, FAITH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Finance, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H808179839B0244699527F4EEAEAE5B86: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms Act or the FAITH Act.
  • Section H8DB03BC8FD704B1CA3DE85AE5F54A2DE: 2. Prohibition on fees related to religious participation Chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section H7ABC426079FF4C82BCE43D9A4F7477F7: 251. Prohibition on fees related to religious participation Whoever knowingly imposes, assesses, collects, or attempts to impose, assess, or collect any fee,...
  • Section H1D47CE1B066C48ACB633391BB48F35FF: 3. RICO offense Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting section 251 (relating to the prohibition on fees tied to religious...
  • Section H77934E9C116041E681DBBDA9E4464ADD: 4. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, FAITH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Finance, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, FAITH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Finance Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
schools, students, and education providers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 16, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 16, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 16, 2026

Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Finance Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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