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Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006

Introduced: July 20, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
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To President
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Aug 2, 2006
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-756.
Jul 20, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 20, 2006
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit remedies to injunctive relief and declaratory relief in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of rights where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including a violation resulting from: (1) a veterans' memorial, a public building, or the official seal of a state or local government containing religious words or imagery; or (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by a state or local government and the Boy Scouts using state or local government buildings.

Denies attorneys' fees in such a civil action, including such an action against the federal government.

What's happening now August 2, 2006

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-756.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2