[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3908 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3908

  To direct the Architect of the Capitol to ensure that the Pledge of 
 Allegiance to the Flag and the national motto ``In God We Trust'' are 
each displayed prominently in the Capitol Visitor Center on a permanent 
   basis and to prohibit the Architect from removing or refusing to 
include language or other content from exhibits and materials relating 
   to the Capitol Visitor Center on the grounds that the language or 
   content includes a religious reference or Judeo-Christian content.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2007

 Mrs. Musgrave (for herself, Mr. Hoekstra, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Herger, 
 Mr. Pitts, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Goode, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
Doolittle, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Fortuno, Mrs. 
Myrick, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Campbell of California, Mr. Pence, Mr. Kline of 
 Minnesota, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Price of Georgia, 
 Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Carter, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Bilbray, 
    Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Lamborn, and Mr. McCotter) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Architect of the Capitol to ensure that the Pledge of 
 Allegiance to the Flag and the national motto ``In God We Trust'' are 
each displayed prominently in the Capitol Visitor Center on a permanent 
   basis and to prohibit the Architect from removing or refusing to 
include language or other content from exhibits and materials relating 
   to the Capitol Visitor Center on the grounds that the language or 
   content includes a religious reference or Judeo-Christian content.

    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 ``Loyalty to Our Legacy Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND NATIONAL MOTTO IN CAPITOL 
              VISITOR CENTER.

    The Architect of the Capitol shall ensure that the Pledge of 
Allegiance to the Flag and the national motto ``In God We Trust'' are 
each displayed prominently in the Capitol Visitor Center on a permanent 
basis.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF REMOVAL OF LANGUAGE OR MATERIAL FROM CAPITOL 
              VISITOR CENTER EXHIBITS BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS CONTENT.

    In preparing and producing any exhibit or other material relating 
to the Capitol Visitor Center, the Architect of the Capitol may not 
remove or refuse to include any language, symbol, writing, document, or 
record on the grounds that the language, symbol, writing, document, or 
record includes a religious reference or Judeo-Christian content.
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