3.0.0 415 2023-01-11T20:04:42Z 2023-01-11T20:04:42Z Senate S S 2007-01-29 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-29T20:08:20Z Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 110 725 HR 2007-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Identical bill CRS 2007-01-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-01-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2007-01-29 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2007-01-29 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2007-01-29 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2007-01-29 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2007-01-29 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2007-01-29 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2007-01-29 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2007-01-29 True B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2007-01-29 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2007-01-29 True A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2007-01-29 True D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2007-01-30 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2007-02-05 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2007-02-15 False B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2007-02-27 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2007-02-28 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2007-04-10 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-07-11 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2007-08-02 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2007-09-07 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2007-12-04 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 2007-01-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-12T21:58:46Z Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the remedy, in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of civil rights, to injunctive and declaratory relief and deny attorneys' fees where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including violations relating to: (1) religious words or imagery in veterans' memorials, public buildings, or official seals of states or their subdivisions; and (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by states or their subdivisions and the Boy Scouts' using public buildings.

Imposes the same limits regarding such an action against the United States or any U.S. agency or official acting in his or her official capacity.

]]> Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 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 Display Title Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s415is/xml/BILLS-110s415is.xml 2007-01-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.