US Congress House Resolution 253 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 40-2)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) affirms the rich spiritual and diverse religious history of our nation's founding and subsequent history, including up to the current day; (2) recognizes that the religious foundations of faith on which America was built are critical underpinnings of our nation's most valuable institutions; (3) rejects any effort to remove, obscure, or omit such history from public buildings and educational resources; and (4) expresses support for designation of an "America's Spiritual Heritage Week. "

Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as "America's Spiritual Heritage Week" for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith.

Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Robert Schilling [R-IL]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/253/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres253/BILLS-112hres253ih.pdf