[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 39 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 39

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relative to references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on United 
                       States coins and currency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2003

    Mr. Carter 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 
relative to references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on United 
                       States coins and currency.

    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 --

    ``A law that prescribes the Pledge of Allegiance or provides for 
United States coins or currency is not a law respecting an 
establishment of religion because it refers to God in the Pledge or 
includes a reference to God on coins or currency.''.
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