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S 415 110th Congress Senate

Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007

Official title: A bill to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local government… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local governments, and the Federal Government, and inhibits such governments' constitutional actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth amendments.

Introduced: January 29, 2007 See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Armed Forces and National SecurityBoy ScoutsCivil rights enforcementCommemorations
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Jan 29, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 29, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 29, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 725 Identical bill Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 3
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Sep 7, 2007
Vitter, David
· Aug 2, 2007
Burr, Richard
· Jan 29, 2007
DeMint, James
· Jan 29, 2007
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 29, 2007
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Jan 29, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 415: Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-415/
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"S. 415: Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-415/.
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S. 415, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-415/.
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