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Directing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the display of the Ten Commandments in the chamber of the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court of the United States rules…

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Directing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the display of the Ten Commandments in the chamber of the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court of the United States rules against religious freedom by holding that the display of the Ten Commandments in public places by State and local governments constitutes a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Introduced: April 14, 2005 See on congress.gov

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Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the display of the Ten Commandments in the House chamber if the Supreme Court holds in specified pending cases that the display of the Ten Commandments in public places by State and local governments violates the First Amendment.

What's happening now April 14, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Committee on House Administration
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Cosponsors 5

Alabama · Apr 21, 2005

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Apr 14, 2005

Foxx, Virginia

North Carolina · Apr 14, 2005

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 214: Directing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the display of the Ten Commandments in the chamber of the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court of the United States rules against religious freedom by holding that the display of the Ten Commandments in public places by State and local governments constitutes a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-214/

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"H. Res. 214: Directing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the display of the Ten Commandments in the chamber of the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court of the United States rules against religious freedom by holding that the display of the Ten Commandments in public places by State and local governments constitutes a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-214/.

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H. Res. 214, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-214/.

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[H. Res. 214: Directing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the display of the Ten Commandments in the chamber of the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court of the United States rules against religious freedom by holding that the display of the Ten Commandments in public places by State and local governments constitutes a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-214/)