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H.R. 9722119th CongressTaxation
Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Blake D. Moore (R-UT) · 11 active : 11 Republicans
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 680.
Where it standsBefore the House44 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act of 2026
This bill provides that an organization’s religious beliefs or practices concerning marriage, sexuality, or gender identity may not be treated as inconsistent with public law or policy for purposes of determining whether the organization has a charitable purpose and, thus, is exempt from federal income tax.
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As background, charitable organizations generally must be organized and operated for one or more tax-exempt purposes (e.g., religious, charitable, scientific, or educational) to be exempt from federal income tax and receive tax-deductible contributions. The Internal Revenue Service’s position, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in
Bob Jones University v. United States
, is that an organization is not organized or operated for a tax-exempt purpose if the organization is against public policy or illegal.
The bill provides that a religious belief or practice concerning marriage, sexuality or gender identity may not be treated as being inconsistent with public law or policy for purposes of determining if an organization is organized and operated for a tax-exempt purpose. Further, under the bill, a belief need not be compelled by or central to a system of religion to be a religious belief.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Ways and Means · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Religion
- Tax-exempt organizations
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
11 activeShow all 11 cosponsors
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
- Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
- Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3)
- Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA-41)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
