US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-17 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S344-345)
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 protected for all people of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, and recognizing the 231st anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Calls for honoring the 231st anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on Religious Freedom Day, January 16, 2017. Affirms that: religious freedom includes the right of individuals of any faith and individuals of no faith to live, work, associate, and worship in accordance with their beliefs; all people of the United States 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 protected for all people of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, and recognizing the 231st 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. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-17	Senate	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S344-345)

SCR32 (Related) 2018-01-16 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HCR126 (Related) 2018-08-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/5/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sconres5/BILLS-115sconres5is.pdf