{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/s1912","title_num":"2","num":"§ 1912.","heading":"Volunteer chaplain services","status":null,"guid":"iddcf14a3b-3a6e-11f1-a0f3-db3efcbbb4ee","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 117–328, div. I, title I, § 120, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4926.)","seq_in_title":1116,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch29/schI/ptA","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2","level":"title","num":"Title 2—","heading":"THE CONGRESS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch29","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 29—","heading":"CAPITOL POLICE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch29/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/ch29/schI/ptA","level":"part","num":"Part A—","heading":"General","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"idb4a650a8-f338-11ed-86b9-d8752056ab6a\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s1912\"><num value=\"1912\">§ 1912.</num><heading> Volunteer chaplain services</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"idb4a650a9-f338-11ed-86b9-d8752056ab6a\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s1912/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><content> The Chief of the Capitol Police shall have authority to accept unpaid religious chaplain services, whereby volunteers from multiple faiths, authorized by their respective religious endorsing agency or organization, may advise, administer, and perform spiritual care and religious guidance for Capitol Police employees.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"idb4a650aa-f338-11ed-86b9-d8752056ab6a\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s1912/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><content> Chaplains shall not be required to perform any rite, ritual, or ceremony, and employees shall not be required to receive such rite, ritual, or ceremony, if doing so would compromise the conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs of such chaplain or employees or the chaplain’s endorsing agency or organization.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"idb4a650ab-f338-11ed-86b9-d8752056ab6a\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t2/s1912/c\"><num value=\"c\">(c)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"idb4a650ac-f338-11ed-86b9-d8752056ab6a\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/117/328/dI/tI/s120\">Pub. L. 117–328, div. I, title I, § 120</ref>, <date date=\"2022-12-29\">Dec. 29, 2022</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/136/4926\">136 Stat. 4926</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"119-83","currency_date":"2026-04-13","congress":119,"law_num":83,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":371,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","06","07","08","10","11","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","36","38","40","41","42","43","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"119-83","currency_date":"2026-04-13","congress":119,"law_num":83,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":371,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","06","07","08","10","11","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","36","38","40","41","42","43","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"118-3","currency_date":"2023-04-10","congress":118,"law_num":3,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":302,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","03","05","05a","06","07","08","10","12","15","16","18","19","20","21","22","23","25","26","28","29","30","31","33","34","35","36","37","38","40","41","42","43","44","46","47","48","49","50","51","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}