[20040809]RS20712_慈善选择、基于信仰的倡议和TANF.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20712Updated August 9, 2004Charitable Choice, Faith-Based Initiatives,and TANFVee BurkeDomestic Social Policy DivisionSummaryAfter the death of the Charitable Choice Expansion Act of 2001 (Title II of H.R.7), President Bush issued an executive order directing several Cabinet departments toadopt charitable choice rules in their social service programs. These rules seek topromote the use of religious groups as providers of social services while protecting thereligious freedom of beneficiaries. In response to the order, several departments havemade final regulatory changes, and other departments have proposed changes in rules.For faith-based initiative projects during FY2004, Congress appropriated $103 million(P.L. 108-199); and for FY2005, the Presidents budget requests $165 million. The108th Congress resumed efforts to pass tax incentives for private giving (S. 476, passedby the Senate, and H.R. 7, passed by the House). However, these bills do not containbasic charitable choice rules. Opposition to charitable choice has brought together acoalition of religious and se