[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 11 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 11

  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

                             March 29, 2007

  Mr. Byrd (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Cochran, 
   Mrs. Dole, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lott, and Mr. Isakson) 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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