S 1558
108th Congress
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Religious Liberties Restoration Act
Introduced: August 1, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10910-10911)
Aug 1, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Religious Liberties Restoration Act - States that the following powers are reserved to the States or their political subdivisions on property owned or administered by them: (1) to display the Ten Commandments; (2) to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as: "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 (3) to recite the national motto as "In God we trust".
States that such powers are excepted from the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10910-10911)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1