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HR 1337 109th Congress House

Support our Scouts Act of 2005

Official title: To support certain national youth organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 13, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 11, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Mar 16, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 16, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 11, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Support our Scouts Act of 2005 - Prohibits any Federal law from being construed to limit any Federal agency from providing any form of support for a youth organization (including the Boy Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America) that would result in that Federal agency providing less support to that youth organization (or any similar organization chartered under Federal law relating to the Boy Scouts of America) than was provided during each of the preceding four fiscal years.

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit any State or unit of general local government that has a designated open forum, limited public forum, or nonpublic forum and that is a recipient of assistance under the Act from denying equal access or a fair opportunity to meet to, or discriminate against, any youth organization, including the Boy Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, that wishes to conduct a meeting or otherwise participate in that designated open forum, limited public forum, or nonpublic forum.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 1 Republican 14
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Nov 2, 2005
Marshall, Jim
· Jun 8, 2005
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jun 8, 2005
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 24, 2005
EHLERS, VERNON
· May 24, 2005
RADANOVICH, GEORGE
· May 24, 2005
CAMP, DAVE
· May 11, 2005
TIAHRT, TODD
· May 3, 2005
Barrett, J.
· Apr 13, 2005
CANTOR, ERIC
· Apr 13, 2005
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Apr 13, 2005
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Apr 13, 2005
Ryan, Paul
· Apr 13, 2005
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Apr 5, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 5, 2005
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Apr 5, 2005
INGLIS, BOB
· Apr 5, 2005
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 5, 2005
BOYD, ALLEN
· Mar 16, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 16, 2005
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Mar 16, 2005
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 16, 2005
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 16, 2005
SOUDER, MARK
· Mar 16, 2005
Sullivan, John
· Mar 16, 2005
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 16, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 16, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1337: Support our Scouts Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1337/
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"H.R. 1337: Support our Scouts Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1337/.
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H.R. 1337, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1337/.
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