HR 725 110th Congress House 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 2007

Introduced: January 30, 2007 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 1, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Jan 30, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 30, 2007

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the remedy, in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of civil rights, to injunctive and declaratory relief and deny attorneys' fees where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including violations relating to: (1) religious words or imagery in veterans' memorials, public buildings, or official seals of states or their subdivisions; and (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by states or their subdivisions and the Boy Scouts' using public buildings.

Imposes the same limits regarding such an action against the United States or any U.S. agency or official acting in his or her official capacity.

What's happening now March 1, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Committees of jurisdiction 2