United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 16 (104th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary school prayer.
Introduced
4 January 1995
Last action
25 January 1995 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Sponsors
Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8], Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1], Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3], Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5], Rep. Brewster, Bill K. [D-OK-3], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Cooley, Wes [R-OR-2], Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2], Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2], Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4], Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1], Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1], Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12], Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2]
Subjects
Rule of law, Education
Source updated
15 November 2019
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions; (2) no person shall be required by the United States or any State to participate in prayer; and (3) neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe the content of any such prayer.
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Timeline
4 January 1995
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1995
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E19-20)
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 January 1995
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 4 January 1995 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Introduced in House (PDF)
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Sponsors
- Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Brewster, Bill K. [D-OK-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cooley, Wes [R-OR-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-joint-resolution/16
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hjres/16
- us · 104-hjres-16 · source updated 15 November 2019