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HCONRES 379 106th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Church and state Congress Government Operations and Politics Legislative resolutions Religion Religious liberty

Reaffirming the first amendment right to freely exercise religious beliefs without the fear of governmental condemnation.

Introduced: July 24, 2000 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Aug 3, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jul 24, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 24, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Declares that Congress should pass no resolution condemning the right of any group or individual to express his or her religious beliefs, popular or unpopular, as protected by the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution, even when those practices and beliefs are deemed to be offensive to individual Members of Congress.
What's happening now August 3, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 379: Reaffirming the first amendment right to freely exercise religious beliefs without the fear of governmental condemnation.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-379/
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"H. Con. Res. 379: Reaffirming the first amendment right to freely exercise religious beliefs without the fear of governmental condemnation.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-379/.
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H. Con. Res. 379, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-379/.
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