HR 3895 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Ten Commandments Defense Act of 2002

Introduced Mar 7, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Robert B. Aderholt R-AL

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Latest action · Mar 18, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 7, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ten Commandments Defense Act of 2002 - Declares reserved to the States the power to display the Ten Commandments on State or local government property.

Declares that expressions of religious faith by individual persons upon State property are: (1) protected against Federal laws or regulations respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion; and (2) among those liberties of which no State may deprive any person without due process of law made in pursuance of powers reserved to the States.

Requires the courts established by the Congress to exercise judicial power in accordance with such declarations.

Cosponsors 68

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2002 to Sep 25, 2002; 57 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PABill ShusterOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-GABob BarrOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-COBob SchafferOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-INBrian D. KernsOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-NCCharles H. TaylorOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-MSCharles W. "Chip" PickeringOriginalMar 7, 2002
D-TXCharles W. StenholmOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-FLDave WeldonOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-LADavid VitterOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TNEd BryantOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-KYEd WhitfieldOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-VAEric CantorOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-OKErnest J. Istook Jr.OriginalMar 7, 2002
R-OKFrank D. LucasOriginalMar 7, 2002
D-TXGene GreenOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TXHenry BonillaOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-SCHenry E. Brown, Jr.OriginalMar 7, 2002
R-AZJ. D. HayworthOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-GAJack KingstonOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-SCJim DeMintOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-KSJim RyunOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-MOJo Ann EmersonOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-INJohn N. HostettlerOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-CAJohn T. DoolittleOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-NELee TerryOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-PAMelissa A. HartOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-OHMichael G. OxleyOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-INMike PenceOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-MINick SmithOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-MIPeter HoekstraOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-ILPhilip M. CraneOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TXRichard K. ArmeyOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-NCRobin HayesOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-KYRon LewisOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TXRon PaulOriginalMar 7, 2002
D-MSRonnie ShowsOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-MOSam GravesOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-ALSpencer BachusOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-INSteve BuyerOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-KSTodd TiahrtOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TXTom DeLayOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TNVan HillearyOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalMar 7, 2002
R-CAWally HergerOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalMar 7, 2002
R-TNZach WampOriginalMar 7, 2002
D-KYKen LucasMar 13, 2002
R-ILRay LaHoodMar 13, 2002
R-CAKen CalvertApr 11, 2002
R-KYHarold RogersApr 18, 2002
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesApr 30, 2002
R-SCJoe WilsonMay 15, 2002
R-CARichard W. PomboJun 6, 2002
R-VABob GoodlatteJul 25, 2002
R-OKJohn SullivanJul 25, 2002
R-CAEdward R. RoyceSep 25, 2002
R-FLJeff MillerSep 25, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 7, 2002
Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
Referred Mar 18, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
  2. Mar 7, 2002Introduced in House
  3. Mar 7, 2002Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H1204Joseph R. Pitts R-PAApr 11, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To defend the Ten Commandments.
Short Titles as Introduced
Ten Commandments Defense Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 7, 2002Introduced in House

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