Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-21b/section-2000bb-1.md

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+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "42 U.S.C. § 2000bb–1"
+description: "Free exercise of religion protected"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "21B"
+chapter_name: "RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION"
+section: "2000bb–1"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000bb–1"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2000bb–1"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb–1 - Free exercise of religion protected
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In general Government shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b).
+
+(b) Exception Government may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person—
+
+(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and
+
+(2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.
+
+(c) Judicial relief A person whose religious exercise has been burdened in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against a government. Standing to assert a claim or defense under this section shall be governed by the general rules of standing under article III of the Constitution.
+
+(Pub. L. 103–141, § 3, Nov. 16, 1993, 107 Stat. 1488.)