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§1912 Volunteer Chaplain Services

Title 2 › Chapter 29— CAPITOL POLICE › Subchapter I— ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Part A— General › § 1912

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Chief of the Capitol Police must allow unpaid volunteer chaplains from different faiths to serve Capitol Police employees. These volunteers must be approved by their religious endorsing group and may give spiritual care, advice, and religious guidance. Chaplains do not have to perform any ritual or ceremony that goes against their conscience or beliefs, and employees do not have to take part in any ritual that would violate their conscience, beliefs, or the beliefs of the chaplain’s endorsing group. This applies in fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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Title 2, §1912

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(a)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.

(b)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.

(c)This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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2 U.S.C. § 1912

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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