3.0.0 3696 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z Senate S S 2006-07-20 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2006-08-02T20:17:06Z Referred to 2006-07-20T16:45:36Z Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 109 2679 HR 2006-11-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2006-08-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-756. Committee 2006-07-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2006-07-20 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2006-07-25 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2006-07-25 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2006-08-01 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2006-08-02 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2006-09-05 False K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2006-09-05 False A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2006-09-05 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2006-09-08 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2006-09-11 False B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2006-09-11 False L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT 2006-09-13 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2006-09-13 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2006-09-26 False B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2006-09-28 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2006-09-28 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2006-09-29 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2006-09-29 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2006-11-14 False D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2006-12-07 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Armed Forces and National Security Boy Scouts Civil rights enforcement Commemorations Damages Emblems Families Federal incorporation Federal office buildings Government Operations and Politics Government liability Injunctions Judicial opinions Law Legal fees Military bases Monuments and memorials Religion Religious liberty Signs and symbols Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2006-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2006-12-04T16:35:46Z Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit remedies to injunctive relief and declaratory relief in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of rights where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including a violation resulting from: (1) a veterans' memorial, a public building, or the official seal of a state or local government containing religious words or imagery; or (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by a state or local government and the Boy Scouts using state or local government buildings.

Denies attorneys' fees in such a civil action, including such an action against the federal government.

]]> Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 Display Title Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local governments, and the Federal Government, and inhibits such governments' constitutional actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth amendments. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3696is/xml/BILLS-109s3696is.xml 2006-08-02 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-756. 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.