[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 45 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
S. J. RES. 45

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in 
order to ensure that private persons and groups are not denied benefits 
 or otherwise discriminated against by the United States or any of the 
several States on account of religious expression, belief, or identity.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 21, 1995

  Mr. Hatch 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 in 
order to ensure that private persons and groups are not denied benefits 
 or otherwise discriminated against by the United States or any of the 
several States on account of religious expression, belief, or identity.

    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 by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Neither the United States nor any State shall deny benefits to or 
otherwise discriminate against any private person or group on account 
of religious expression, belief, or identity; nor shall the prohibition 
on laws respecting an establishment of religion be construed to require 
such discrimination.''.
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