[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 67 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 67

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
            relating to voluntary prayer in public schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1995

   Mr. Stearns 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 
            relating to voluntary prayer in public schools.

    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 the inclusion of 
voluntary prayer in any public school program or activity. Neither the 
United States nor any State shall prescribe the content of any such 
prayer.''.
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