Religious Freedom Restoration Act

United States Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments (AIRFA) restore right of Native Americans to use peyote in religious ceremonies. 

The 1990 Supreme Court decision in Employment Division v. Smith said that the religious use of peyote by Native Americans is not protected by the First Amendment. This decision was met with the outcry of many religious and civil liberties groups, which led to two legislative acts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments (AIRFA). Amended again in 1996, AIRFA allowed for the same protection for the traditional, ceremonial use of peyote by American Indians in all 50 states. 

Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1999 Religious Freedom Restoration Act Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)... 

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