[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 43 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 559
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 43

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 guarantee the right to use and recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the 
                      Flag and the national motto.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2002

Mr. Lott introduced the following joint resolution; which was read the 
                               first time

                           September 3, 2002

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 guarantee the right to use and recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the 
                      Flag and the national motto.

    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 --

    ``Section 1. The first article of amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States shall not be construed to prohibit the recitation of 
the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, which shall be, `I pledge 
allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the 
Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with 
liberty and justice for all.'.
    ``Section 2. The first article of amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States shall not be construed to prohibit the recitation or 
use of the national motto, which shall be, `In God we trust'.''.




                                                       Calendar No. 559

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                             S. J. RES. 43

_______________________________________________________________________

                            JOINT RESOLUTION

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 guarantee the right to use and recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the 
                      Flag and the national motto.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 3, 2002

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar