Nine federal agencies on Monday adopted a new set of rules that would make it easier for religious organizations to participate in federally funded social service programs.
First drafted in January in response to President Donald Trump’s May 2018 Executive Order 13831, the rule covers the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Agency for International Development. It is aimed to make sure religious and secular contractors receive equal treatment when they compete for federal grants and contracts.
