A bill to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States and of the district courts to enter any judgment, decree, or order, denying or restricting, as unconstitutional, voluntary prayer in any public school.

Introduced

22 January 1979

Last action

22 January 1979 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsors

Rep. Ashbrook, John M. [R-OH-17], Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7], Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8], Rep. Rousselot, John H. [R-CA-26], Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4], Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7], Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4], Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19], Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20], Rep. Bafalis, L. A. (Skip) [R-FL-10], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Bowen, David R. [D-MS-2], Rep. Miller, Clarence E. [R-OH-10], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Badham, Robert E. [R-CA-40], Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS], Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3], Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2], Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46], Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3], Rep. Daniel, Robert W., Jr. [R-VA-4], Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6], Rep. Bauman, Robert E. [R-MD-1], Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Carney, William [R-NY-1], Rep. Treen, David C. [R-LA-3], Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16], Rep. Rudd, Eldon D. [R-AZ-4], Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1], Del. Evans, Melvin H. [R-VI-At Large], Rep. Leach, Claude (Buddy), Jr. [D-LA-4], Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID], Rep. Devine, Samuel L. [R-OH-12], Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Rep. Collins, James M. [R-TX-3], Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39], Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-43], Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5], Rep. Flood, Daniel J. [D-PA-11], Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7], Rep. Crane, Daniel B. [R-IL-19], Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-14]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

14 June 2021