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Religious Liberties Restoration Act

Introduced: August 1, 2003 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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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 Congressional Research Service

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 August 1, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10910-10911)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1