[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 428 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 428

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that recitation of the Pledge of 
 Allegiance in schools is constitutional under the First Amendment to 
     the Constitution, and urging the Supreme Court to uphold the 
                  constitutionality of such practices.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2002

 Mr. Hilleary submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that recitation of the Pledge of 
 Allegiance in schools is constitutional under the First Amendment to 
     the Constitution, and urging the Supreme Court to uphold the 
                  constitutionality of such practices.

Whereas lessons and practices in schools provide a significant and long-lasting 
        impact in character and values development among young people;
Whereas the values of faith, patriotism and dedication to a cause larger than 
        self have consistently carried this country through difficult times;
Whereas countless Americans from Washington to Jefferson to Lincoln to Roosevelt 
        to everyday citizens have all acknowledged the role of Providence in the 
        history of our country;
Whereas the Congress itself has found value in beginning each session with an 
        invocation and a recital of the Pledge of Allegiance, including the 
        words ``one nation under God'';
Whereas in the ruling of 26 June 2001, the Court of the Ninth Circuit of the 
        United States ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is an unconstitutional 
        endorsement of religion and cannot be recited in schools, more than 48 
        years after the present Pledge was instituted and in direct 
        contravention of 215 years of Constitutional law; and
Whereas statements of belief in a Supreme Power and the virtue of seeking 
        strength and protection from that Power are prevalent throughout our 
        national history, currency, and rituals; Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is 
the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, including the 
        phrase ``One Nation Under God'' is constitutional under the First 
        Amendment to the Constitution; and
            (2) the Supreme Court, accordingly, should uphold the 
        constitutionality of such practices.
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