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HCONRES 194 109th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Bible Church and state Constitutional amendments Ethics Government Operations and Politics Law Religion Religious liberty Signs and symbols

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings does not violate the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Introduced: June 28, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jun 28, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 28, 2005
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings does not violate the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

What's happening now June 28, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 20, 2005
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jun 28, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 194: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings does not violate the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-194/
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"H. Con. Res. 194: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings does not violate the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-194/.
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H. Con. Res. 194, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-194/.
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[H. Con. Res. 194: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings does not violate the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-194/)
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