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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act extended and made permanent key provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including the 20% pass-through deduction critical to small and faith-based businesses, while adding new employer tax provisions. CEA is monitoring regulatory implementation to ensure the benefits of this law are fully realized by Christian employers and nonprofits.

Title XI of this enacted law established the first federal prohibition on a retail CBDC, protecting Americans from government-programmable money while the broader policy debate continues in Congress. CEA is monitoring implementation and supporting efforts to make this prohibition permanent.

The GENIUS Act established the first federal framework for payment stablecoins, providing regulatory clarity for businesses using or accepting digital dollars. CEA is monitoring implementation to ensure the rules protect economic freedom, prevent government surveillance of private transactions, and do not create new barriers for faith-based financial institutions.

Federal law currently permits Medicaid and other federal programs to fund abortions under exceptions that have expanded significantly through administrative interpretation. The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act would make the Hyde Amendment permanent across all federal programs, ensuring that Christian employers and citizens are not compelled through their tax dollars to subsidize abortion on demand.

Unresolved regulatory uncertainty over digital assets threatens the ability of faith-based businesses and investors to participate in emerging financial markets. The CLARITY Act creates a workable legal framework that distinguishes digital commodities from securities and ensures innovation is not captured by an overreaching SEC. CEA supports clear rules that protect economic freedom while preventing government overreach into new financial technologies.

Small employers, including many faith-based businesses and nonprofits, pay significantly higher premiums for health coverage than large corporations because they cannot pool risk across a large group. Association Health Plans would allow CEA members and other small employers to band together to purchase coverage with the same pricing power and plan design flexibility available to Fortune 500 companies.

The Medicare-X Choice Act would create a government-run public option that competes directly with private insurance, using federal pricing power to crowd out employer-sponsored plans over time. CEA opposes this bill because it would ultimately erode the ability of faith-based employers to offer health coverage consistent with their mission and values.

Senate companion to H.R. 5408. Would impose the same compressed union organizing and contract timelines in the upper chamber. CEA opposes both versions of this legislation.

The Do No Harm Act would gut the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for employers, stripping faith-based organizations of their primary federal legal shield. Christian employers who make staffing and operational decisions on the basis of sincerely held religious beliefs would lose the ability to assert RFRA as a defense in federal court.