[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 12 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 12

  Declaring the sense of Congress regarding periods of silence in the 
                            public schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

     Mr. Neal of North Carolina submitted the following concurrent 
    resolution; which was referred jointly to the Committees on the 
                   Judiciary and Education and Labor

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Declaring the sense of Congress regarding periods of silence in the 
                            public schools.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress--
            (1) that the Constitution of the United States does not 
        preclude periods of silence to be used, solely at the 
        discretion of the individual student in public schools, for 
        quiet and private prayer, meditation, contemplation, or 
        introspection, even if these moments are supervised by a school 
        official; and
            (2) that public school authorities should recognize the 
        historic importance of religion to our civilization by 
        encouraging such periods of silence.

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