H.R. 370

Summary

H.R. 370, the Voluntary School Prayer Protection Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 13, 2025 by Rep. David Rouzer (R). It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Jan 13, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 370 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 370 IH: Voluntary School Prayer Protection Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-13
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 370  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 13, 2025   Mr. Rouzer  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Voluntary School Prayer Protection Act of 2025  .
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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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. David Rouzer (R) sponsors H.R. 370 alone.

David Rouzer

Rep. · R–NC-7 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 370 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Jan 13, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 370 has taken 2 actions since Jan 13, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 370 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 370 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Voluntary School Prayer Protection Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Voluntary School Prayer Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 370 under Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 370’s is Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 370 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Education programs funding to State and local government operations.

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