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S 3696 109th Congress Senate Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Armed Forces and National Security Boy Scouts Civil rights enforcement Commemorations Damages Emblems Families Federal incorporation Federal office buildings Government Operations and Politics Government liability Injunctions Judicial opinions Law Legal fees Military bases Monuments and memorials Religion Religious liberty

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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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
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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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2679 Related bill Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006
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All 2 Republican 2
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 13, 2006
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Aug 2, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3696: Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3696/
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"S. 3696: Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3696/.
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S. 3696, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3696/.
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