[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6932 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6932

To amend the Fair Housing Act to prevent discrimination relating to the 
         display of religious symbols, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2008

Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Franks 
 of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Fair Housing Act to prevent discrimination relating to the 
         display of 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 ``Freedom of Religious Expression in 
the Home Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS ON DWELLINGS.

    Section 804 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3604) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(g) To establish a rule or policy that prevents a person 
        from displaying, on the basis of that person's religious 
        belief, a religious symbol, object, or sign on the door, 
        doorpost, entrance, or otherwise on the exterior of that 
        person's dwelling, or that is visible from the exterior of that 
        dwelling, unless the rule or policy is reasonable and is 
        necessary to prevent significant damage to property, physical 
        harm to persons, a public nuisance, or similar undue 
        hardship.''.
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