Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice [OLP Docket No. 165] AGENCY: Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice provides the text of the Attorney General's Memorandum of October 6, 2017, for all executive departments and agencies entitled “Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty” and the appendix to this Memorandum. DATES: This notice is applicable on October 6, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Dickey, Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20530, phone (202) 514-4601. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President instructed the Attorney General to issue guidance interpreting religious liberty protections in federal law, as appropriate. Exec. Order 13798, § 4 (May 4, 2017). Pursuant to that instruction and consistent with the authority to provide advice and opinions on questions of existing law to the Executive Branch, the Attorney General issued the following memorandum to the heads of all executive departments and agencies on October 6, 2017. Dated: October 20, 2017. Beth Ann Williams, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy. MEMORANDUM FOR ALL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBJECT: Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty The President has instructed me to issue guidance interpreting religious liberty protections in federal law, as appropriate. Exec. Order No. 13798 § 4, 82 Fed. Reg. 21675 (May 4, 2017). Cons…