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President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission delivered its draft report to the White House on June 26, putting a yearlong advisory process into the public comment stage. The Justice Department said the commission presented the final draft in the Oval Office and described the report as the product of seven hearings and testimony from more than 100 witnesses.

The draft is now open for public comment for 15 days, with comments due July 12, 2026. DOJ says the commission will hold a virtual public meeting after the comment period ends and then finalize the report. The agency also posted the draft and a short summary on the commission’s website.

The report’s recommendations cover religious liberty in education, healthcare, the military, the public and private sectors, parental rights, faith-based institutions, anti-Semitism and violence against houses of worship. Among the proposals listed by DOJ are guidance on the Establishment Clause, “Know Your Rights” posters, reporting hotlines, a religious liberty task force, and a push to repeal the Johnson Amendment.

The commission’s summary says the draft grew out of hearings on what it calls threats to religious believers, including testimony involving schools, workplaces, medical settings and military service. It also calls for protections for religious expression and says the final report will be published after the public comment period ends.

Trump has cast the commission as part of a broader effort to protect religious freedom. Critics are likely to focus on the report’s church-state implications and its political utility, but the document itself is a policy draft with a defined comment period, not a finished ruling or executive action.