[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 69 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 69

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2001

 Mrs. Emerson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,  That the following 
article is hereby 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 if ratified by the legislatures of at least three-
fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its 
proposal to the States by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit 
individual or group prayer in public schools or other public 
institutions. No person shall be required by the United States or by 
any State to participate in prayer. Neither the United States nor any 
State shall prescribe the content of any such prayer.''
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