Notice2025-16054
Meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission
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Published
August 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Justice Department
Abstract
The DOJ is publishing this notice to announce the third Federal advisory committee meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission (Commission).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 41124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16054]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission
AGENCY: Office of the Associate Attorney General, United States
Department of Justice (DOJ).
ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The DOJ is publishing this notice to announce the third
Federal advisory committee meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission
(Commission).
DATES: Open to the public September 29, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the World Stage Theater, Museum
of the Bible, 400 4th St. SW, Washington, DC 20024. The meeting will be
recorded and broadcast at <a href="http://justice.gov/live">justice.gov/live</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Margaret Bush, Religious Liberty
Commission Designated Federal Officer, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bc9d7d8dbeee8fff4f1b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="14465857546167707b7e3a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>., 202-297-3196.
Mrs. Bush can also be contacted to request a reasonable accommodation
to attend the meeting.
Registration Information: Registration is required for in-person
attendance. In-person attendance is limited by space available. Members
of the public may register on the Religious Liberty Commission website,
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/religious-liberty-commission">https://www.justice.gov/religious-liberty-commission</a>. Members of the
public who attend in-person will be required to present identification
and go through security screening.
We ask guests from the media to register through the Office of
Public Affairs by September 26, 2025 at 5 p.m. Media should be prepared
to go through security checks and present government-issued photo I.D.
and valid media credentials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Religious Liberty Commission is a
Federal advisory committee established by the President through
Executive Order 14291. The Commission is composed of a chair, a vice
chair, 11 members appointed by the President, including representatives
from the private sector, employers, educational institutions, religious
communities and States, and three ex-officio members. The Commission
advises the Domestic Policy Council and the White House Faith Office on
religious liberty policies of the United States and will produce a
comprehensive report to the President on the foundations of religious
liberty in America, the impact of religious liberty on American
society, current threats to domestic religious liberty, strategies to
preserve and enhance religious liberty protections for future
generations, and programs to increase awareness of and celebrate
America's peaceful religious pluralism.
Agenda: During its third meeting on September 29, 2025, the
Commission will discuss religious liberty issues in education from the
perspectives of teachers and coaches, as well as religious liberty
issues related to school funding, educational choice, and the autonomy
of faith-based schools. The hearing will include panels with testimony
from teachers and coaches, as well as school leaders and families
impacted by religious liberty issues in these areas. The hearing will
also include testimony from individuals with expertise on these topics.
The hearing's objective will be to understand the historic landscape of
religious liberty in the educational setting, recognize present threats
to religious liberty in education, and identify opportunities to secure
religious liberty in this context for the future.
Public Comment: Written comments may be sent by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e0b2aca3a09593848f8ace878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53011f10132620373c397d343c25">[email protected]</span></a> or by mail to U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the
Associate Attorney General, ATTN: Religious Liberty Commission, 950
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 5263, Washington, DC 20530. The deadline
for comments is September 22, 2025.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
Dated: August 19, 2025.
Mary Margaret Bush,
Designated Federal Officer, Religious Liberty Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-16054 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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