To ensure by law the ability of the military service academies to include the offering of a voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities.

SA 2440. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed
Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X of division A, add the
following:

SEC. 1073. PRAYER AT MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY ACTIVITIES.

(a) In General.--The superintendent of a service academy
may have in effect such policy as the superintendent
considers appropriate with respect to the offering of a
voluntary, nondenominational prayer at an otherwise
authorized activity of the academy, subject to such
limitations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
(b) Service Academies.--For purposes of this section, the
term ``service academy'' means any of the following:
(1) The United States Military Academy.
(2) The United States Naval Academy.
(3) The United States Air Force Academy.
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