Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006
Latest action · Aug 2, 2006 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-756.
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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit remedies to injunctive relief and declaratory relief in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of rights where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including a violation resulting from: (1) a veterans' memorial, a public building, or the official seal of a state or local government containing religious words or imagery; or (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by a state or local government and the Boy Scouts using state or local government buildings.
Denies attorneys' fees in such a civil action, including such an action against the federal government.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2006 to Dec 7, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Original | Jul 20, 2006 |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Jul 25, 2006 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Jul 25, 2006 | |
| R-OK | Tom Coburn | Aug 1, 2006 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Aug 2, 2006 | |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Sep 5, 2006 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Sep 5, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Sep 5, 2006 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Sep 8, 2006 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Sep 11, 2006 | |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Sep 11, 2006 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Sep 13, 2006 | |
| R-MS | Trent Lott | Sep 13, 2006 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Sep 26, 2006 | |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Sep 28, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Sep 28, 2006 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Nov 14, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Dec 7, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2006Hearings Aug 2, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2006Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-756.
- Jul 20, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Jul 20, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-756 | PAYING YOUR OWN WAY: CREATING A FAIR STANDARD FOR ATTORNEY'S FEE AWARDS IN ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE CASES234 pages | Judiciary Committee | Aug 2, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2679 | Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 | Related bill | Nov 13, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local governments, and the Federal Government, and inhibits such governments' constitutional actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth amendments.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Boy Scouts
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil rights enforcement
- Commemorations
- Damages
- Emblems
- Families
- Federal incorporation
- Federal office buildings
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Injunctions
- Judicial opinions
- Law
- Legal fees
- Military bases
- Monuments and memorials
- Religion
- Religious liberty
- Signs and symbols
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2006Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.