[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 319

   To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State or local 
      educational agency that denies or prevents participation in 
             constitutionally-protected prayer in schools.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 1 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

   Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State or local 
      educational agency that denies or prevents participation in 
             constitutionally-protected prayer in schools.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voluntary School Prayer Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING CONTINGENT ON RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONALLY-PROTECTED 
              SCHOOL PRAYER.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds made available through the Department of Education shall be 
provided to any State or local educational agency that has a policy of 
denying, or that effectively prevents participation in, 
constitutionally-protected prayer in public schools by individuals on a 
voluntary basis.
    (b) Limitation.--No person shall be required to participate in 
prayer or influence the form or content of any constitutionally-
protected prayer in public schools.
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