Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Supreme Court should speedily find the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Constitution of the United States.

        [Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 245 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 245

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 30, 2005

Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Supreme Court
should speedily find the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to
be consistent with the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That it is the sense of Congress that--
(1) judicial rulings by the United States Court of Appeals
for the 4th and 9th circuits have split on
the issue of whether the Constitution allows the recitation of
the Pledge of Allegiance in schools;
(2) the ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for
the 4th circuit correctly finds the Constitution does allow
such a recitation; and
(3) the United States Supreme Court should at the earliest
opportunity resolve this conflict among the circuits in a
manner which recognizes the importance and Constitutional
propriety of the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by
school children.

Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 2005.

Attest:

JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.

By Gerasimos C. Vans,

Deputy Clerk.