[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 26 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 26

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                   protect the Pledge of Allegiance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2003

Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma 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 to 
                   protect the Pledge of Allegiance.

    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 --

    ``It is not an establishment of religion for teachers in a public 
school to recite, or to lead willing students in the recitation of, the 
following pledge: `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.'''.
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