Prohibit financial coercion based on a person's religious beliefs or refusal to participate in another person's religion.

Keith Self · Texas · Republican

policy impact 0.61 specificity 0.84 extraction confidence 87%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

introduced the Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms (FAITH) Act

Self introduced legislation aimed at preventing any person from facing financial coercion because of religious beliefs or refusing to participate in someone else's religion.

Congressman Keith Self Introduces the FAITH Act to Prevent Sharia Tax on Non-Muslims
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill record confirms Self introduced legislation matching the commitment, but the last listed action is committee referral, so the promised prohibition is not yet enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8353 (IH) - Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms Act - GovInfo Content Details
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Self took concrete legislative action closely aligned with the claim, but the announcement describes a bill introduction rather than final passage or implementation.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congressman Keith Self Introduces the FAITH Act to Prevent Sharia Tax on Non-Muslims
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

GovInfo bill text for H.R. 8353 states that Rep. Keith Self introduced the Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms Act on April 16, 2026, and that it was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The bill would add 18 U.S.C. 251 to prohibit imposing fees or penalties on a person because of their religious beliefs or refusal to participate in another person's religion.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text confirms a concrete same-term legislative effort matching the commitment, but the bill remained an introduced House bill referred to committee rather than enacted law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8353 (IH) - Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

The current preliminary House Office of the Law Revision Counsel page for 18 U.S.C. chapter 13 lists civil-rights sections 241 through 250, with no section 251 matching H.R. 8353's proposed new prohibition.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The current official U.S. Code chapter where the FAITH Act would add the prohibition does not show the proposed section as codified, supporting that the commitment has not been delivered as law.

unresolved same_term

18 USC Ch. 13: CIVIL RIGHTS
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Keith Self introduced H.R. 8353, the Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms Act, in the 119th Congress, and the bill closely matches the promised prohibition on financial coercion based on religious belief or refusal to participate in another religion. However, the evidence shows the bill was only introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, with no enacted-law or codified U.S. Code status. This is a serious same-term legislative effort, but the promised federal prohibition has not been delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%