HRES 214
109th Congress
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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
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Apr 14, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Apr 14, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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