Category: Church and state

Bills

109th Congress

Bill	Title
H CON RES 245	Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Supreme Court should speedily find the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution of the United States.
H R 2863	Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
H R 3010	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
H RES 608	Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China.
H RES 804	Condemning the unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops by the People's Republic of China.
S RES 95	A resolution relating to the death of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II.

108th Congress

Bill	Title
H R 2028	To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance.
H R 7	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, and for other purposes.
H RES 132	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's interpretation of the first amendment and should be overturned, and for other purposes.
H RES 427	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the courageous leadership of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and the urgent need for religious freedom and related human rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
S RES 71	A resolution expressing the support for the Pledge of Allegiance.

107th Congress

Bill	Title
H R 2357	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns.
H R 2506	Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 7	To provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government program delivery to individuals and families in need, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets.
H RES 459	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Newdow v. U.S. Congress was erroneously decided, and for other purposes.
S 2690	A bill to reaffirm the reference to one Nation under God in the Pledge of Allegiance.
S RES 292	A resolution expressing support for the Pledge of Allegiance.

106th Congress

Bill	Title
H CON RES 426	Concerning the violence in the Middle East.
H CON RES 94	Recognizing the public need for reconciliation and healing, urging the United States to unite in seeking God, and recommending that the Nation's leaders call for days of prayer.
H R 1501	To provide grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders.
H R 1691	To protect religious liberty.
H R 2614	To amend the Small Business Investment Act to make improvements to the certified development company program, and for other purposes.
H R 4577	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 4811	Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
H R 4923	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the renewal of distressed communities, to provide for 9 additional empowerment zones and increased tax incentives for empowerment zone development, to encourage investments in new markets, and for other purposes.
H RES 494	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ohio State motto is constitutional and urging the courts to uphold its constitutionality.
S 254	A bill to reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by rehabilitation of juvenile criminals, punish and deter violent gang crime, and for other purposes.

105th Congress

Bill	Title
H CON RES 284	Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
H CON RES 31	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the display of the Ten Commandments by Judge Roy S. Moore, a judge on the circuit court of the State of Alabama.
H J RES 78	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom.
H R 967	To prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials in international conferences, programs, and activities and to provide that certain Chinese officials shall be ineligible to receive visas and excluded from admission to the United States.
S 1882	A bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
S 2206	A bill to amend the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and make improvements to those Acts, to establish demonstration projects that provide an opportunity for persons with limited means to accumulate assets, and for other purposes.
S CON RES 86	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.

102nd Congress

Bill	Title
H R 3553	To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
S 1150	A bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

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