[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 1297 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1297

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 to the Flag.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 19, 2003

 Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Talent) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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 to the Flag.

    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 ``Protect the Pledge 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 to the Flag (`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.') 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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