HCONRES 199
106th Congress
House
Law
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional law
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Prayer in the public schools
Religion
Religious liberty
Sports and Recreation
Supreme Court
Supreme Court decisions
Expressing the sense of the Congress that prayers and invocations at public school sporting events contribute to the moral foundation of our Nation and urging the Supreme Court to uphold their constitutionality.
Introduced: October 19, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 3, 1999
Received in the Senate.
Nov 2, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 2, 1999
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H11325-11330)
Nov 2, 1999
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(consideration: CR H11325-11330)
Nov 2, 1999
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 199.
Nov 2, 1999
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Nov 2, 1999
Mr. Bonilla moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
Oct 21, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Oct 19, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 19, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Express the sense of Congress that: (1) prayers and invocations at public school sporting events are constitutional under the First Amendment; and (2) the Supreme Court should uphold the constitutionality of such practices.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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