US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 27 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-19 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S95)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and is protected for all Americans by the text of the Constitution, and recognizing the 230th anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Honors the 230th anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on Religious Freedom Day, January 16, 2016. Affirms that: religious freedom includes the right to live, work, associate, and worship in accordance with one's beliefs for people of any faith or of no faith; all Americans can be unified in supporting religious freedom because it is a fundamental human right; and the American people will remain forever unshackled in matters of faith.

A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and is protected for all Americans by the text of the Constitution, and recognizing the 230th anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.

Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-19	Senate	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S95)

HCR108 (Related) 2016-02-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/27/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/sconres27/BILLS-114sconres27is.pdf