A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nominee to Federal office on the basis of membership in the Knights of Columbus violates the Constitution of the United States

3.0.0 19 2021-12-29T21:56:39Z 2022-11-01T14:21:24Z Senate SRES 2019-01-16 116 2019-01-16 Senate Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S265-266; consideration: CR S265-266) Floor 2019-01-16 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S265-266; consideration: CR S265-266) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE N Congress Congressional oversight Federal officials Religion Senate Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Congress

00 2019-01-16 Introduced in Senate 2019-02-11T22:13:12Z This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nominee to federal office on the basis of membership in the Knights of Columbus violates Article VI of the Constitution. The article establishes that Members of Congress and others "shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust."

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55 2019-01-16 Passed Senate 2019-02-11T22:13:03Z This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nominee to federal office on the basis of membership in the Knights of Columbus violates Article VI of the Constitution. The article establishes that Members of Congress and others "shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust."

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nominee to Federal office on the basis of membership in the Knights of Columbus violates the Constitution of the United States Display Title A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nominee to Federal office on the basis of membership in the Knights of Columbus violates the Constitution of the United States Official Title as Introduced A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nominee to Federal office on the basis of membership in the Knights of Columbus violates the Constitution of the United States Agreed to Senate 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres19ats/xml/BILLS-116sres19ats.xml 2019-01-16 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S265-266; consideration: CR S265-266) 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.