[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 184 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 184

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 further protect religious freedom, including the right of students in 
public schools to pray without government sponsorship or compulsion, by 
     clarifying the proper construction of any prohibition on laws 
                respecting an establishment of religion.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 1996

Mr. Armey 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 
 further protect religious freedom, including the right of students in 
public schools to pray without government sponsorship or compulsion, by 
     clarifying the proper construction of any prohibition on laws 
                respecting an establishment 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 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``In order to secure the right of the people to acknowledge and 
serve God according to the dictates of conscience, neither the United 
States nor any State shall deny any person equal access to a benefit, 
or otherwise discriminate against any person, on account of religious 
belief, expression, or exercise. This amendment does not authorize 
government to coerce or inhibit religious belief, expression, or 
exercise.''.
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