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Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993

Partially repealed

Codified at42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb et seq.

Enacted November 16, 1993 · Pub. L. 103-141

Held unconstitutional as applied to the states in City of Boerne v. Flores (1997); remains in force against the federal government.

Federal law requiring that any federal action that substantially burdens religious exercise pass strict scrutiny. Codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb et seq.