[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2409 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2409

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 5, 2007

   Mr. DeMint (for himself, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Vitter) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                        Rules and 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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