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This bill proposes to modify the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 by removing the District of Columbia from the list of jurisdictions where the act applies. Specifically, the bill would eliminate language that currently includes the District of Columbia as a covered area under RFRA. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a federal law that provides additional protections for individuals' religious freedom by requiring government actions that substantially burden religious practices to meet a high legal standard of scrutiny. By removing the District of Columbia from RFRA's coverage, the bill suggests that local non-discrimination laws in Washington, D.C. would no longer be subject to potential religious exemptions provided by the federal act. This could potentially make it easier for the D.C. government to enforce local anti-discrimination policies without facing legal challenges based on religious freedom claims under RFRA.

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