3.0.0 3609 2023-01-15T08:33:22Z 2023-01-15T08:33:22Z House H HR 2003-11-21 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-10T21:03:59Z Referred to 2003-11-21T14:10:00Z 2003-12-10 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Committee 2003-11-21 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2003-11-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000807 Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8] JOHN HOSTETTLER R IN 8 N P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2003-11-21 True B000208 Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] ROSCOE BARTLETT R MD G. 6 2003-11-21 True D000429 Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] JOHN DOOLITTLE R CA T. 4 2003-11-21 True T000458 Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] THOMAS TANCREDO R CO G. 6 2003-11-21 True S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 2003-11-21 True S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2003-11-21 True C000873 Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] PHILIP CRANE R IL M. 8 2004-05-11 False D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2004-06-23 False B001239 Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3] J. Barrett R SC Gresham 3 2004-07-15 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Church and state Civil actions and liability Civil rights enforcement Government Operations and Politics Injunctions Law Legal fees Liability (Law) Local employees Local officials Religion Religious liberty State employees State officials Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2003-11-21 Introduced in House 2003-12-12T20:36:56Z Public Expression of Religion Act of 2003 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States with respect to a civil action against State or local officials for deprivation of rights where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion. Limits the remedy for such a claim to injunctive relief.

Denies the awarding of attorneys fees in such an action.

]]> Public Expression of Religion Act of 2003 Display Title Public Expression of Religion Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Public Expression of Religion Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-11-21T05:00:00Z 2003-12-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.