[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 20 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 20

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                        regarding school prayer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

   Mr. Solomon 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 
                        regarding school prayer.

    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. No person 
shall be coerced by the United States or by any State to participate in 
such prayer. Neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe 
the content of any such prayer.''.
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