[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 35 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 35

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 clarify that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor 
                      requires prayer in schools.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2006

  Mr. Byrd 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 to 
 clarify that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor 
                      requires prayer in schools.

    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 seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article --

    ``Nothing in this Constitution, including any amendment to this 
Constitution, shall be construed to prohibit voluntary prayer or 
require prayer in a public school, or to prohibit voluntary prayer or 
require prayer at a public school extracurricular activity.''.
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