[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 161 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. J. RES. 161

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates 
                             of conscience.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 1996

   Mr. Quillen introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates 
                             of conscience.

    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 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Nothing in this Constitution shall prohibit either public or 
private acknowledgement of God, the Creator; and neither the United 
States nor any State shall make any law, nor any Judicial system issue 
any judgment which restricts the recognition of the Almighty God and 
our individual and joint dependence on Him.''.
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