106-274
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106-274 is the public law number for the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, a U.S. federal law protecting religious exercise in land use and by people in institutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 106-274 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1966683 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 106-274 Context triple: [Public Law 106-274, publicLawNumber, 106-274]
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A.
107-296
107-296 is the public law number for the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the U.S. federal law that created the Department of Homeland Security in response to the September 11 attacks.
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B.
NA27
NA27 is the 27th edition of the Nestle-Aland critical Greek New Testament, widely used as a scholarly standard for biblical studies and textual criticism.
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C.
71-1027
71-1027 is the U.S. Supreme Court docket number for Baker v. Nelson, a landmark same-sex marriage case from the early 1970s.
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D.
11-400
11-400 is the U.S. Supreme Court docket number for the landmark Affordable Care Act case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.
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E.
N257
N257 is a regional road in the Netherlands that connects to the Philipsdam and serves as part of the infrastructure linking the Zeeland and South Holland provinces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 106-274 Target entity description: 106-274 is the public law number for the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, a U.S. federal law protecting religious exercise in land use and by people in institutions.
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A.
107-296
107-296 is the public law number for the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the U.S. federal law that created the Department of Homeland Security in response to the September 11 attacks.
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B.
NA27
NA27 is the 27th edition of the Nestle-Aland critical Greek New Testament, widely used as a scholarly standard for biblical studies and textual criticism.
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C.
71-1027
71-1027 is the U.S. Supreme Court docket number for Baker v. Nelson, a landmark same-sex marriage case from the early 1970s.
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D.
11-400
11-400 is the U.S. Supreme Court docket number for the landmark Affordable Care Act case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.
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E.
N257
N257 is a regional road in the Netherlands that connects to the Philipsdam and serves as part of the infrastructure linking the Zeeland and South Holland provinces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States public law
ⓘ
federal statute ⓘ |
| appliesInContext |
jails
ⓘ
landmarking laws ⓘ mental health institutions ⓘ prisons ⓘ state-run institutions ⓘ zoning decisions ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
local governments in the United States ⓘ state governments of the United States ⓘ |
| citationStyle |
Public Law 106-274
ⓘ
surface form:
RLUIPA, Pub.L. 106-274, 114 Stat. 803 (2000)
|
| codifiedIn | Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Commerce Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
Taxing and Spending Clause ⓘ
surface form:
Spending Clause of the United States Constitution
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 2000-09-22 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 2000-09-22 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 106th United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism |
actions by the United States Department of Justice
ⓘ
private right of action ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalStandard | strict scrutiny for substantial burdens on religious exercise ⓘ |
| officialName |
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000
|
| prohibits |
imposition of land use regulations that impose a substantial burden on religious exercise without compelling justification
ⓘ
substantial burdens on religious exercise of institutionalized persons without compelling justification ⓘ |
| protects |
individual religious exercise
ⓘ
religious assemblies ⓘ religious institutions ⓘ |
| provides |
heightened protection for religious exercise in land use regulation
ⓘ
heightened protection for religious exercise of institutionalized persons ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | Pub.L. 106-274 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to protect individuals, houses of worship, and other religious institutions from discrimination in zoning and landmarking laws
ⓘ
to protect the religious exercise of persons confined to institutions such as prisons, jails, and mental health facilities ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
|
| replacedInPart | Religious Freedom Restoration Act applications to states invalidated in City of Boerne v. Flores ⓘ |
| requires |
government to demonstrate a compelling governmental interest to impose a substantial burden on religious exercise
ⓘ
government to use the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling governmental interest when burdening religious exercise ⓘ |
| section |
institutionalized persons provisions
ⓘ
land use provisions ⓘ |
| shortName |
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
ⓘ
surface form:
RLUIPA
|
| signedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| signingPresident | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| statutesAtLargeCitation | 114 Stat. 803 ⓘ |
| subject |
Free Exercise Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
First Amendment free exercise of religion
land use regulation ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ rights of institutionalized persons ⓘ |
| titleOfU.S.Code | 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 106-274 Description of subject: 106-274 is the public law number for the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, a U.S. federal law protecting religious exercise in land use and by people in institutions.
Referenced by (1)
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