[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5074 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5074

   To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State or local 
      educational agency that denies or prevents participation in 
                   constitutional prayer in schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2016

Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State or local 
      educational agency that denies or prevents participation in 
                   constitutional prayer in schools.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FUNDING CONTINGENT ON RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOOL 
              PRAYER.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds made available through the Department of Education shall be 
provided to any State or local educational agency that has a policy of 
denying, or that effectively prevents participation in, constitutional 
prayer in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis.
    (b) Limitation.--No person shall be required to participate in 
prayer, or shall influence the form or content of any constitutional 
prayer, in public schools.
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