introduced the Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms (FAITH) Act
Prohibit financial coercion based on a person's religious beliefs or refusal to participate in another person's religion.
Occurrences
Evidence
GovInfo lists H.R. 8353, the Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms Act, as introduced by Rep. Keith Self in the 119th Congress and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 16, 2026. The record shows the bill version as Introduced in House, with no enacted-law status shown.
Rep. Self's office announced that he introduced the FAITH Act, describing it as a nationwide prohibition on fees, fines, penalties, or other financial coercion tied to a person's religious beliefs or refusal to participate in another faith's practices, with RICO predicate treatment for violations.
Assessments
Self introduced H.R. 8353, the FAITH Act, in the 119th Congress to establish the promised prohibition, and it was referred to the House Judiciary Committee on April 16, 2026. That is a concrete same-term legislative effort closely matching the promise, but the available official status remains introduced/referred, with no passage or enacted-law implementation. Because the candidate is still in office and the bill has not failed, the promise is pending rather than delivered or never fulfilled.