,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #eh  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,october #e1 #bjac,received             
,,concurrent ,,resolution  ,expressing  
the sense of ,congress regarding the    
need for the continued availability of  
religious services to members of the    
,armed ,forces and their families during
 a lapse in appropriations4  ,whereas   
the ,department of ,defense has         
determined that some military chaplains 
and other personnel1 including contract 
personnel1 hired to perform duties of a 
military chaplain are not able to       
perform religious services on military  
installations during a lapse in         
appropriations2 ,whereas this           
determination threatens the ability of  
members of the ,armed ,services and     
their families to exercise their ,first 
,amendment rights to worship and        
participate in religious activities2 and
 ,whereas the ,department of the        
,interior has permitted the performance 

of ,first ,amendment activities in areas
 controlled by the ,national ,park      
,service despite the lapse in           
appropriations3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  
,that ,congress-- 7#a7 recognizes that  
the performance of religious services   
and the provision of ministry are       
protected activities under the ,first   
,amendment of the ,united ,states       
,constitution2  7#b7 urges and intends  
that the ,secretary of ,defense permit  
the performance of religious services on
 property owned or maintained by the    
,department of ,defense1 during any     
lapse in appropriations1 in the same    
manner and to the same extent as such   
religious services are otherwise        
available2 and  7#c7 urges and intends  
that the ,secretary of ,defense permit  
military chaplains and other personnel1 
including contract personnel1 hired to  
perform duties of a military chaplain to
 perform religious services and         
ministry1 during any lapse in           
appropriations1 in the same manner and  

to the same extent as such chaplains and
 other personnel are otherwise permitted
 to perform religious services and      
ministry4  ,passed the ,house of        
,representatives ,october #e1           
#bjac4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk