Appendix B to Part 38 - Notice of Award or Contract
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Appendix B to Part 38 - Notice of Award or Contract
(a) A faith-based organization that participates in this program
retains its independence from the Government and may continue to
carry out its mission consistent with religious freedom and
conscience protections in Federal law, including the Free Speech
and Free Exercise Clauses of the Constitution, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb
et seq., 42 U.S.C. 238n, 42 U.S.C. 18113, 42 U.S.C.
2000e-1(a) and 2000e-2(e), 42 U.S.C. 12113(d), and the Weldon
Amendment, among others. Religious accommodations may also be
sought under many of these religious freedom and conscience
protection laws.
(b) A faith-based organization may not use direct Federal
financial assistance from the Department of Justice to support or
engage in any explicitly religious activities except when
consistent with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and
any other applicable requirements. An organization receiving direct
Federal financial assistance also may not, in providing services
funded by the Department of Justice, discriminate against a program
beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary on the basis of
religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief,
or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice.