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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 42
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 26, 2013
Mr. Rahall introduced
the following joint resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States to clarify that the Constitution neither prohibits
voluntary prayer nor requires prayer in schools.
That the following article is
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall
be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified
by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years
after the date of its submission for ratification:
—
Nothing in this Constitution, including any
amendment to this Constitution, shall be construed to prohibit voluntary prayer
or require prayer in a public school, or to prohibit voluntary prayer or
require prayer at a public school extracurricular
activity.
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