[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 201 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 201

   To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State or local 
      educational agency that denies or prevents participation in 
 constitutionally protected prayer in schools, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

  Mr. Rouzer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State or local 
      educational agency that denies or prevents participation in 
 constitutionally protected prayer in schools, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voluntary School Prayer Protection 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING CONTINGENT ON RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED 
              SCHOOL PRAYER.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds made available through the Department of Education shall be 
provided to any State or local educational agency that has a policy of 
denying, or that effectively prevents participation in, 
constitutionally protected prayer in public schools by individuals on a 
voluntary basis.
    (b) Limitation.--No person shall be required to participate in 
prayer or influence the form or content of any constitutionally 
protected prayer in public schools.
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