I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1425 
To amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to require congressional 
approval before any change may be made to the oaths required for 
appointment as an officer in the Armed Forces, enlistment in the Armed 
Forces, or appointment as a cadet or midshipman at a military service 
academy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. OLSON, and Mr. LAMBORN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to require 
congressional approval before any change may be made 
to the oaths required for appointment as an officer in 
the Armed Forces, enlistment in the Armed Forces, or 
appointment as a cadet or midshipman at a military 
service academy, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preserve and Protect 
God in Military Oaths Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO CER-
TAIN MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICE OATHS. 
(a) OATH FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.— 
(1) REGULAR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Sec-
tion 532 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) The text of the oath required for an original ap-
pointment as a commissioned officer in the Regular Army, 
Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine 
Corps may not be changed except by Act of Congress.’’. 
(2) REGULAR
WARRANT
OFFICERS.—Section 
571 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) The text of the oath required for an original ap-
pointment as a regular warrant officer may not be 
changed except by Act of Congress.’’. 
(3) RESERVE OFFICERS.—Section 12201(a) of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The text of the oath required by paragraph (1) 
may not be changed except by Act of Congress.’’. 
(b) ENLISTMENT OATH.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 502 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(c) TEXT OF OATH.—The text of the oath required 
by this section may not be changed except by Act of Con-
gress.’’. 
(2) NATIONAL GUARD.—Section 304 of title 32, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘The text of the 
oath required by this section may not be changed ex-
cept by Act of Congress.’’. 
(c) MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY OATHS.— 
(1) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Sec-
tion 4346(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘The text of the oath required by this sub-
section, and the text of any honor oath required of 
a cadet, may not be changed except by Act of Con-
gress.’’. 
(2) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 
6958(d) of such title is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may 
not change the text of the oath required by this sub-
section, and the text of any honor oath required of 
a midshipman, without specific authorization in an 
Act of Congress.’’. 
(3) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.— 
Section 9346(d) of such title is amended by adding 
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at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Sec-
retary may not change the text of the oath required 
by this subsection, and the text of any honor oath 
required of a cadet, without specific authorization in 
an Act of Congress.’’. 
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