H.R. 3190 (108th): Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act

Introduced:
Sep 25, 2003 (108th Congress, 2003–2004)
Sponsor:
Rep. Charles “Chip” Pickering Jr. [R-MS3]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 4576 (109th) on Dec 16, 2005.

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Status

This bill was introduced on September 25, 2003, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Sep 25, 2003
Cosponsors
51 cosponsors (49R, 2D) (show)
Committees

House Judiciary

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Full Title

To safeguard our religious liberties.

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Last updated Sep 25, 2003.
4 pages

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9/25/2003--Introduced.
Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act - Declares that among those powers reserved to the States and their political subdivisions are the powers to display the Ten Commandments, to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, and to recite the national motto on or within property owned or administered by them. Declares that: (1) the Pledge of Allegiance shall be, "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and justice for all."; and (2) the national motto shall be, "In God we trust." Excepts from the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court the display of the Ten Commandments and the use of the word "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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