[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 15 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 15

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
clarify the intent of the Constitution to neither prohibit nor require 
                         public school prayer.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 1997

  Mr. Byrd 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 to 
clarify the intent of the Constitution to neither prohibit nor require 
                         public 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, 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 to the States for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Nothing in this Constitution, or amendments thereto, 
shall be construed to prohibit or require voluntary prayer in public 
schools, or to prohibit or require voluntary prayer at public school 
extracurricular activities.''.
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