[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1425 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1425

To amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to require congressional 
   approval before any change may be made to the oaths required for 
appointment as an officer in the Armed Forces, enlistment in the Armed 
 Forces, or appointment as a cadet or midshipman at a military service 
                    academy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2015

  Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Olson, and Mr. Lamborn) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to require congressional 
   approval before any change may be made to the oaths required for 
appointment as an officer in the Armed Forces, enlistment in the Armed 
 Forces, or appointment as a cadet or midshipman at a military service 
                    academy, 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 ``Preserve and Protect God in Military 
Oaths Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO CERTAIN MILITARY AND CIVIL 
              SERVICE OATHS.

    (a) Oath for Commissioned Officers.--
            (1) Regular commissioned officers.--Section 532 of title 
        10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
        subsection (d) the following new subsection:
    ``(e) The text of the oath required for an original appointment as 
a commissioned officer in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air 
Force, or Regular Marine Corps may not be changed except by Act of 
Congress.''.
            (2) Regular warrant officers.--Section 571 of such title is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) The text of the oath required for an original appointment as 
a regular warrant officer may not be changed except by Act of 
Congress.''.
            (3) Reserve officers.--Section 12201(a) of such title is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) The text of the oath required by paragraph (1) may not be 
changed except by Act of Congress.''.
    (b) Enlistment Oath.--
            (1) In general.--Section 502 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Text of Oath.--The text of the oath required by this section 
may not be changed except by Act of Congress.''.
            (2) National guard.--Section 304 of title 32, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        sentence: ``The text of the oath required by this section may 
        not be changed except by Act of Congress.''.
    (c) Military Service Academy Oaths.--
            (1) United states military academy.--Section 4346(d) of 
        title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new sentence: ``The text of the oath required by 
        this subsection, and the text of any honor oath required of a 
        cadet, may not be changed except by Act of Congress.''.
            (2) United states naval academy.--Section 6958(d) of such 
        title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        sentence: ``The Secretary may not change the text of the oath 
        required by this subsection, and the text of any honor oath 
        required of a midshipman, without specific authorization in an 
        Act of Congress.''.
            (3) United states air force academy.--Section 9346(d) of 
        such title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        sentence: ``The Secretary may not change the text of the oath 
        required by this subsection, and the text of any honor oath 
        required of a cadet, without specific authorization in an Act 
        of Congress.''.
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