Public Record · Federal statute
42 U.S.C. § 2000cc — Protection of land use as religious exercise
The land-use provision of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. It constrains land-use regulations that impose a substantial burden on religious exercise unless the government meets a demanding standard, and it is the statute most often relevant when a mosque, school or cemetery meets a zoning decision.
Document details
- Issued or held by
- U.S. Code, via the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
- Document type
- Federal statute
- Document date
- The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act was enacted in 2000. The linked page carries the current codified text.
- Checked by Texas Muslim
- Original
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/2000cc
Texas Muslim does not hold this document and does not reproduce its text. This page is a catalogue entry with an editorial annotation; read the original at the link above.
What this document establishes
- The federal standard that applies to land-use regulation burdening religious exercise.
- That this protection is statutory and applies to religious assemblies and institutions generally.
What it does not establish
- It does not establish that any specific zoning decision violated the statute.
- It does not decide who prevails in a dispute; that requires the record of a particular case.
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