[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 199 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 199

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
               relative to the free exercise of religion.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 14 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

 Mr. Cochran (for himself and Mr. Lott) introduced the following joint 
 resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
               relative to the free exercise of religion.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:

                              ``Article--

    The right of citizens of the United States to the free exercise of 
religion shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any 
State.''.

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