[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2028 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2028

To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction 
of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court over certain cases and 
           controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2003

Mr. Akin (for himself, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cantor, 
Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baker, Mr. Barrett of 
  South Carolina, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
 Bass, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Bishop of Utah, 
   Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bonilla, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Boozman, Ms. 
 Bordallo, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Ms. Ginny 
Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Burns, Mr. Burr, Mr. Burton of 
Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Cole, Mr. Collins, Mr. 
 Crane, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Cunningham, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, 
Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Deal of Georgia, 
 Mr. DeMint, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart 
  of Florida, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Dunn, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
 Feeney, Mr. Flake, Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Franks of 
 Arizona, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, 
 Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
 Graves, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Gutknecht, Ms. Harris, Mr. Hayes, Mr. 
    Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
   Hostettler, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
 Istook, Mr. Janklow, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones 
 of North Carolina, Mr. Keller, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. King of 
Iowa, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Kline, Mr. LaHood, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Lewis of 
Kentucky, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McHugh, 
 Mr. McInnis, Mr. Mica, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
California, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Musgrave, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Ney, 
 Mrs. Northup, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Ose, Mr. Otter, Mr. Pearce, 
  Mr. Pence, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Porter, Mr. 
Platts, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Regula, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Renzi, Mr. 
     Reynolds, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. 
   Rohrabacher, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Ryun of 
    Kansas, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
   Sherwood, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Smith of New 
  Jersey, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
 Stearns, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Taylor of North 
Carolina, Mr. Terry, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
 Wamp, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Weller, 
  Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Young of 
Florida, and Mr. Young of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction 
of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court over certain cases and 
           controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pledge Protection Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. JURISDICTION LIMITATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 99 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1632. Jurisdiction limitation
    ``No court established by Act of Congress shall have jurisdiction 
to hear or determine any claim that the recitation of the Pledge of 
Allegiance, as set forth in section 4 of title 4, violates the first 
article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 99 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1632. Jurisdiction Limitation.''.
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