{"id":971657,"date":"2021-11-05T10:14:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T14:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=971657"},"modified":"2021-11-05T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T14:14:27","slug":"bidens-build-back-better-bill-bars-religious-schools-from-using-infrastructure-funds-to-renovate-rebuild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-build-back-better-bill-bars-religious-schools-from-using-infrastructure-funds-to-renovate-rebuild\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Build Back Better Bill Bars Religious Schools From Using Infrastructure Funds To Renovate, Rebuild"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-build-back-better-bill-bars-religious-schools-from-using-infrastructure-funds-to-renovate-rebuild%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=971657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Build Back Better Act pushed by President Biden and his Democratic Party has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/5376\/text\">provision<\/a> that bans religious schools from using infrastructure grants to improve their facilities.<\/p>\n<p>In a section dealing with child care headed, \u201cFacilities Grants,\u201d the bill states:<\/p>\n<p><em>From a portion of the quality child care amount, a State shall provide support, including through awarding facilities grants, for remodeling, renovation, or repair of a building or facility to the extent permitted under section 658F(b) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Additional Uses:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For fiscal years 2022 through 2024, and in subsequent years with approval from the Secretary, a State may provide such facilities grants for construction, permanent improvement, or major renovation of a building or facility primarily used for providing child care services, in accordance with the following:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(AA) Federal interest provisions will not apply to the renovation or rebuilding of privately-owned family child care homes under this subclause.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(BB) Eligible child care providers may not use funds for buildings or facilities that are used primarily for sectarian instruction or religious worship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., offered an amendment to strike the provision called the Religious Freedom Amendment, but it failed during the Ways and Means Committee\u2019s markup in September,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-build-back-better-religious-schools-infrastructure-grants\">Fox News<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly\u2019s press secretary, Matt Knoedler, stated to Fox News, \u201cThe congressman was disappointed that Democrats wouldn\u2019t grant such a simple request to help our children during previous negotiations. His Religious Freedom Amendment was an inclusive bill that would have given parents greater choice and allow them to pick a child care service that was best for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s apparent hostility to religious organizations follows in the footsteps of his former boss, former President Barack Obama. As The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/little-sisters-back-in-court-11547856751\">recalled<\/a> in January 2019:<\/p>\n<p><em>One of the sorriest episodes of the Obama Presidency was the assault on the Little Sisters of the Poor for resisting ObamaCare\u2019s contraception mandate. The sisters had to go all the way to the Supreme Court to protect their religious liberty. But anyone who thinks they are home-free underestimates the cultural imperialism of today\u2019s American left.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Obama Administration tried to force the Catholic nuns and other religious groups to provide their employees with contraceptives, including abortifacients, in violation of their beliefs. In 2016 the Supreme Court removed the millions of dollars in fines the Obama Administration had threatened to impose on the nuns and kicked the issue back to the<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Build Back Better Act pushed by President Biden and his Democratic Party has a provision that bans religious schools from using infrastructure grants to improve their facilities.In a section dealing with child care headed, \u201cFacilities Grants,\u201d the bill states:From a portion of the quality child care amount, a State shall provide support, including through awarding facilities grants, for remodeling, renovation, or repair of a building or facility to the extent permitted under section 658F(b) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858).Additional Uses:For fiscal years 2022 through 2024, and in subsequent years with approval from the Secretary, a State may provide such facilities grants for construction, permanent improvement, or major renovation of a building or facility primarily used for providing child care services, in accordance with the following:(AA) Federal interest provisions will not apply to the renovation or rebuilding of privately-owned family child care homes under this subclause.(BB) Eligible child care providers may not use funds for buildings or facilities that are used primarily for sectarian instruction or religious worship.\u201cRep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., offered an amendment to strike the provision called the Religious Freedom Amendment, but it failed during the Ways and Means Committee\u2019s markup in September,\u201d Fox News noted.Kelly\u2019s press secretary, Matt Knoedler, stated to Fox News, \u201cThe congressman was disappointed that Democrats wouldn\u2019t grant such a simple request to help our children during previous negotiations. His Religious Freedom Amendment was an inclusive bill that would have given parents greater choice and allow them to pick a child care service that was best for them.\u201dBiden\u2019s apparent hostility to religious organizations follows in the footsteps of his former boss, former President Barack Obama. As The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board recalled in January 2019:One of the sorriest episodes of the Obama Presidency was the assault on the Little Sisters of the Poor for resisting ObamaCare\u2019s contraception mandate. The sisters had to go all the way to the Supreme Court to protect their religious liberty. But anyone who thinks they are home-free underestimates the cultural imperialism of today\u2019s American left.\u00a0The Obama Administration tried to force the Catholic nuns and other religious groups to provide their employees with contraceptives, including abortifacients, in violation of their beliefs. In 2016 the Supreme Court removed the millions of dollars in fines the Obama Administration had threatened to impose on the nuns and kicked the issue back to the courts. The Trump Administration has since expanded the religious exemption to include the sisters and like-minded groups.That should have been it. But progressives can\u2019t abide that someone somewhere might not be following their cultural orders, so in December Democratic attorneys general in 13 states plus the District of Columbia sued to block the Trump exemption. On Sunday, the day before the rule was to take effect, federal Judge Haywood Gilliam of California issued an injunction to stop the exemption in the 13 states and D.C. On Monday federal Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Pennsylvania issued a nationwide injunction. \u2026 Most of this is blue-state political grandstanding designed to frustrate the Trump Administration until the next Democratic President comes to town.\u00a0The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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