[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 24 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 24

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 14, 2005

 Ms. Landrieu introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and 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 the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on 
                        United States 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 7 years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. A reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance or on 
United States currency shall not be construed as affecting the 
establishment of religion under the first article of amendment of this 
Constitution.
    ``Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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