§ 1912. Volunteer chaplain services

Statutory text

The Chief of the Capitol Police shall have authority to accept unpaid religious chaplain services, whereby volunteers from multiple faiths, authorized by their respective religious endorsing agency or organization, may advise, administer, and perform spiritual care and religious guidance for Capitol Police employees.

Chaplains shall not be required to perform any rite, ritual, or ceremony, and employees shall not be required to receive such rite, ritual, or ceremony, if doing so would compromise the conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs of such chaplain or employees or the chaplain’s endorsing agency or organization.

Effective Date.—

This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2022
Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2023
Pub. L. 117–328 div. I title I § 120 · 136 Stat. 4459
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1912
(Pub. L. 117–328, div. I, title I, § 120, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4926.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 117–328, div. I, title I, § 120, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4926.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2023 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 117–328, div. I, title I, § 120, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4926.)