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Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act

Introduced: September 25, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 22, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Sep 25, 2003
Introduced in House
Sep 25, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now October 22, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 7
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 17, 2004
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 20, 2004
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Carter, John R.
Texas · Jan 20, 2004
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Dec 8, 2003
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Nov 19, 2003
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Graves, Sam
Missouri · Oct 28, 2003
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Oct 28, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3190: Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3190/
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"H.R. 3190: Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3190/.
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H.R. 3190, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3190/.
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