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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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July 16, 2008 | National | H Amdt 1114 | Allowing the Use of Certain Terms in Within the Intelligence Community | Amendment Adopted - House (249 - 180) |
June 17, 1999 | National | H Amdt 200 | Ten Commandments Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (248 - 180) |
July 19, 2001 | National | H Amdt 200 | Community Solutions Act Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (168 - 261) |
July 23, 2013 | National | H Amdt 375 | Prohibits the Use of Funds to Appoint Chaplains Without an Endorsing Agency | Amendment Adopted - House (253 - 173) |
July 16, 1998 | National | H Amdt 728 | Federal Health Plan Contraceptive Coverage Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (224 - 198) |
Nov. 1, 2011 | National | H Con Res 13 | Encourages Display of "In God We Trust" in Public Buildings and Schools | Joint Resolution Passed - House (396 - 9) |
Jan. 11, 2023 | National | H Con Res 3 | Expressing the sense of Congress condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches | Joint Resolution Passed - House (222 - 209) |
March 5, 1997 | National | H Con Res 31 | Display of the Ten Commandments | Resolution Passed - House (295 - 125) |
June 29, 1999 | National | H Con Res 94 | National Day of Prayer Resolution | Resolution Failed - House (275 - 140) |
June 4, 1998 | National | H J Res 78 | Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment | Joint Resolution Failed - House (224 - 203) |
July 15, 1999 | National | HR 1691 | Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999 | Bill Passed - House (306 - 118) |
May 14, 1998 | National | HR 2431 | Religious Freedom | Bill Passed - House (375 - 41) |
Sept. 26, 2006 | National | HR 2679 | Public Expression of Religion Act of 2006 | Bill Passed - House (244 - 173) |
Dec. 14, 2021 | National | HR 5665 | Combating International Islamophobia Act | Bill Passed - House (219 - 212) |
May 1, 2024 | National | HR 6090 | Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 | Bill Passed - House (320 - 91) |
July 19, 2001 | National | HR 7 | Community Solutions Act of 2001 | Bill Passed - House (233 - 198) |
March 7, 2019 | National | H Res 183 | Condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values and aspirations that define the people of the United States and condemning anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contrary to the values and aspirations of the United States | Bill Passed - House (407 - 23) |
Dec. 11, 2007 | National | H Res 847 | Recognition of the Importance of Christmas and Christianity | Resolution Passed - House (372 - 9) |
April 27, 2018 | National | H Res 856 | Raising a Question of the Privileges of the House | Bill Tabled - House (215 - 171) |
Jan. 24, 2018 | National | PN 1341 | Nomination of Samuel Dale Brownback to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom | Nomination Confirmed - Senate (50 - 49) |
Jan. 24, 2018 | National | PN 1341 | Nomination of Samuel Dale Brownback to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom | Cloture Invoked - Senate (50 - 49) |
May 27, 2020 | National | S 3744 | Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 | Bill Passed - House (413 - 1) |
Nov. 7, 2013 | National | S 815 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 | Bill Passed - Senate (64 - 32) |
Nov. 4, 2013 | National | S 815 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 | Cloture Invoked - Senate (61 - 30) |
March 1, 2012 | National | S Amdt 1520 | Authorizes Moral and Religious Objections to Certain Health Care Items and Services | Amendment Tabled - Senate (51 - 48) |