HR 3895
107th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Church and state
Government Operations and Politics
Government property
Religion
Religious liberty
States' rights
Ten Commandments Defense Act of 2002
Introduced: March 7, 2002
Introduced by:
Aderholt, Robert B.
Republican
· Alabama
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 7, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 7, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ten Commandments Defense Act of 2002 - Declares reserved to the States the power to display the Ten Commandments on State or local government property.
Declares that expressions of religious faith by individual persons upon State property are: (1) protected against Federal laws or regulations respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion; and (2) among those liberties of which no State may deprive any person without due process of law made in pursuance of powers reserved to the States.
Requires the courts established by the Congress to exercise judicial power in accordance with such declarations.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
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