,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bibf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #a1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,alexander introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the   
revocation or withholding of ,federal   
funds to programs whose participants    
carry out voluntary religious           
activities4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,freedom to ,pray  
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on withholding  
,federal funds to programs whose        
participants conduct voluntary religious
 activities  7a7 ,in ,general ,it shall 
be unlawful for the ,federal ,government
 to revoke or withhold ,federal         
financial assistance that would         
otherwise be provided to any recipient  
of such assistance on the basis of      
religious activities that are conducted 
voluntarily and initiated by            
participants in a program or activity   
carried out by such recipient4  7b7     

,rules of construction ,nothing in this 
,act shall be construed to authorize the
 ,united ,states or any ,state or       
political subdivision thereof--  7#a7 to
 sponsor a religious activity2  7#b7 to 
prohibit a recipient of ,federal        
financial assistance from ensuring that 
a religious activity does not materially
 and substantially interfere with the   
orderly conduct of the program or       
activities carried out by such          
recipient2  7#c7 to require any person  
to participate in prayer or other       
religious activity2 or  7#d7 to compel  
any employee or agent of a program or   
activity that is carried out by a       
recipient of ,federal financial         
assistance to participate in an activity
 if the content of the speech at the    
activity is contrary to the beliefs of  
the employee or agent4