[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2229 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2229

 To amend title 36 of the United States Code to ensure that memorials 
commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain 
               religious symbols, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2005

 Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Lewis of California, and 
  Mr. Issa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 36 of the United States Code to ensure that memorials 
commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain 
               religious symbols, and for other purposes.

    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 ``War Memorial Preservation Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AS PART OF MILITARY MEMORIALS.

    (a) Authority.--Chapter 21 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2113. Inclusion of religious symbols as part of military 
              memorials
    ``(a) Inclusion of Religious Symbols Authorized.--To recognize the 
religious background of members of the United States Armed Forces, 
religious symbols may be included as part of--
            ``(1) a military memorial that is established or acquired 
        by the United States Government; or
            ``(2) a military memorial that is not established by the 
        United States Government, but for which the American Battle 
        Monuments Commission cooperated in the establishment of the 
        memorial.
    ``(b) Limitation on Jurisdiction.--No court created by Act of 
Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have 
no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question pertaining to 
the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, this 
section.
    ``(c) Military Memorial Defined.--In this section, the term 
`military memorial' means a memorial or monument commemorating the 
service of the United States Armed Forces. The term includes works of 
architecture and art described in section 2105(b) of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2113. Inclusion of religious symbols as part of military 
                            memorials.''.
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