Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

18. Department of Labor and Related Agencies · Minor · Needs Congress

Clarify Title VII’s religious organization exemptions

Not started

586 18. Department of Labor and Related Agencies

“Clarify Title VII’s religious organization exemptions. Congress should clarify Title VII’s religious organization exemptions to make it more explicit that those employers may make employment decisions based on religion regardless of nondiscrimination laws.”

What has happened

  1. Not started

    No bill of the 119th Congress amends Title VII's religious organization exemptions (42 U.S.C. 2000e-1(a), 2000e-2(e)). The Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act of 2026 (H.R. 8117 / H.R. 9722) is about the tax and grant treatment of religious organizations, not their employment exemptions, and H.R. 9722 has only been placed on the Union Calendar.

    No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

  • Negative search: chapter log, Cluster negative search — Title VII religious asks (#1607, #1608).
  • §3b adjacent-bill rule: a bill on the funding treatment of religious organizations is not a bill on their Title VII employment exemptions, and placement on a calendar is not passage.
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Object
Title VII religious organization exemptions
ID
1607