An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 109-577 to require that Federal courts have jurisdiction when free exercise of religion is violated due to coerced or mandatory recitation of the Pledge.

1. Inserts “, except in a case in which the claim involved alleges coerced or mandatory recitation of…” after “recitation”

   InsertsPage 3, line 2Printed page

   In H.R. 2389 · Introduced in House

   "Sec. 1632. Limitation on jurisdiction

   "(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the Pledge of Allegiance, as defined in section 4 of title 4, or its recitation[inserted: , except in a case in which the claim involved alleges coerced or mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, including coercion in violation of the protection of the free exercise of religion].

   "(b) The limitation in subsection (a) does not apply to--

   Original wording

   Page 3, line 2, insert after “recitation” the following: “, except in a case in which the claim involved alleges coerced or mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, including coercion in violation of the protection of the free exercise of religion”.

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