[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2389 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2389

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2005

  Mr. Akin (for himself, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
  Baker, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
  Beauprez, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
  Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boehner, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
 Boustany, Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Brown 
 of South Carolina, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
Burton of Indiana, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cantor, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
 Carter, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Chocola, Mr. Coble, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. 
Costello, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Cunningham, Mrs. 
  Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Tom Davis of 
  Virginia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Mario 
  Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Doolittle, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
   Ehlers, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Everett, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. 
      Forbes, Mr. Fossella, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
Frelinghuysen, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. 
 Gohmert, Mr. Goode, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hall, 
   Ms. Harris, Ms. Hart, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayes, Mr. 
Hayworth, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. 
Hunter, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Issa, Mr. Istook, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
    Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Keller, Mr. Kennedy of 
  Minnesota, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Kline, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Latham, Mr. 
    LaTourette, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
  Manzullo, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McCotter, Mr. McHenry, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
   McKeon, Mr. Mica, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Miller of 
  Florida, Mrs. Musgrave, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Ney, Mrs. 
Northup, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Otter, Mr. Paul, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
Pence, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
   Putnam, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. 
Renzi, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
 Rogers of Michigan, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Ryun 
  of Kansas, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Simpson, Mr. 
 Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Sodrel, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
 Stearns, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Thornberry, 
      Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Upton, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Weldon of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Young of 
   Alaska, and Mr. Tiberi) 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 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 2005''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON JURISDICTION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 99 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1632. Limitation on jurisdiction
    ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 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, the Pledge of Allegiance, as defined in section 4 of 
title 4, or its recitation.
    ``(b) The limitation in subsection (a) does not apply to--
            ``(1) any court established by Congress under its power to 
        make needful rules and regulations respecting the territory of 
        the United States; or
            ``(2) the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the 
        District of Columbia Court of Appeals;''.
    (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. Limitation on jurisdiction.''.
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