Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to…

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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees.

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House Introduced Sep 25, 2006
House Passed Sep 26, 2006 229–177

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2679 (Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005).

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Sep 26, 2006

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2679 (Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005).

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Sep 26, 2006 · 229 Yea – 177 Nay Adoption Speaker: J. Dennis Hastert

About this bill and sources

Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Yea
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Nay
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Nay
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Nay
J.D. Hayworth	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Nay
Jim Kolbe	R	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Nay
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Nay
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Yea
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	Nay
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Nay
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Nay
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Nay
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Nay
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Nay
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Nay
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Yea
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Nay
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Nay
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Yea
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Nay
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Nay
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Nay
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Nay
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Nay
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Nay
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Nay
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Nay
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Nay
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	Not Voting
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Nay
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Nay
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Yea
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Yea
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Nay
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Yea
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Nay
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Nay
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Nay
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Nay
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Nay
George Miller	D	CA-7	Nay
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Nay
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Nay
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Not Voting
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Nay
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Nay
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Yea
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5	Yea
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Yea
Bob Beauprez	R	CO-7	Not Voting
John Larson	D	CT-1	Nay
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Nay
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Yea
Nancy Johnson	R	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Not Voting
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Jim Davis	D	FL-11	Not Voting
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Yea
Katherine Harris	R	FL-13	Yea
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Yea
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Yea
Mark Foley	R	FL-16	Yea
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Nay
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Nay
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Nay
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Nay
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
E. Shaw	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Nay
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Nay
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Yea
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Yea
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Yea
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Nay
David Scott	D	GA-13	Nay
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Nay
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	Nay
Cynthia McKinney	D	GA-4	Nay
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Not Voting
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
John Linder	R	GA-7	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-8	Yea
Charlie Norwood	R	GA-9	Yea
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Nay
Ed Case	D	HI-2	Nay
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Yea
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Nay
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Yea
Butch Otter	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Nay
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Not Voting
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Nay
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Yea
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	Not Voting
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Nay
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Nay
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Nay
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Nay
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Not Voting
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Nay
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Nay
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Nay
Chris Chocola	R	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Yea
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
Julia Carson	D	IN-7	Nay
John Hostettler	R	IN-8	Yea
Michael Sodrel	R	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Yea
Jim Ryun	R	KS-2	Yea
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Nay
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Yea
Anne Northup	R	KY-3	Yea
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Nay
Bobby Jindal	R	LA-1	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Not Voting
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Richard Baker	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Nay
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Nay
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Not Voting
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Nay
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Nay
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	Not Voting
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Nay
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Nay
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Nay
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Nay
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Nay
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	Nay
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Nay
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Nay
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Nay
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Nay
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Nay
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Nay
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Nay
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Nay
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Nay
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Nay
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Nay
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Yea
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Nay
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Joe Schwarz	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Yea
Gil Gutknecht	R	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Nay
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	Nay
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Nay
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Nay
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Nay
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Nay
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Nay
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Nay
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Yea
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Yea
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Nay
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Yea
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Nay
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Nay
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Nay
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Nay
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Nay
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Not Voting
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Nay
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Yea
Tom Osborne	R	NE-3	Yea
Jeb Bradley	R	NH-1	Yea
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Nay
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Nay
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Nay
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Nay
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Nay
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Nay
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Yea
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Nay
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Nay
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Yea
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Nay
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Nay
Major Owens	D	NY-11	Nay
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Nay
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Nay
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Nay
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Nay
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Nay
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Nay
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Nay
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Yea
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Nay
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Nay
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Yea
Sherry Boehlert	R	NY-24	Yea
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Yea
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Nay
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Nay
Randy Kuhl	R	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Nay
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Nay
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Nay
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Nay
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Nay
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Nay
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Nay
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Nay
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	Not Voting
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Yea
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Nay
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Not Voting
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Not Voting
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Yea
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	Not Voting
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Yea
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Nay
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Yea
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Not Voting
David Wu	D	OR-1	Nay
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Nay
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Nay
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Nay
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Nay
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Nay
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Nay
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Nay
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Nay
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Nay
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Not Voting
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Not Voting
Phil English	R	PA-3	Yea
Melissa Hart	R	PA-4	Yea
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Yea
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Yea
Curt Weldon	R	PA-7	Not Voting
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Nay
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Nay
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Yea
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Yea
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Nay
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Nay
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Yea
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Nay
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Nay
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	Not Voting
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Yea
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Not Voting
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Nay
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Nay
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Nay
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Nay
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Nay
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Nay
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Nay
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Nay
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Yea
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Not Voting
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Nay
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Nay
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Yea
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Yea
Thelma Drake	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Nay
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Not Voting
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Nay
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	Nay
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Nay
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Nay
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Nay
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Nay
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Nay
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Nay
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Nay
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Nay
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Nay
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Nay
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Not Voting
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Nay
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Nay
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Sep 26, 2006