IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 738 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the First 
Amendment rights of parents at school board meetings shall not be infringed. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2021 
Mr. STAUBER (for himself, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BOST, Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. 
HERRELL, Mr. PENCE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. RICE of 
South Carolina, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. JOYCE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. GOOD 
of Virginia, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. NORMAN, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. 
CLINE, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. CHABOT, Mrs. FISCHBACH, 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. EMMER, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. BABIN) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the First Amendment rights of parents at school board 
meetings shall not be infringed. 
Whereas the First Amendment to the Constitution reads, 
‘‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment 
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or 
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the 
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition 
the Government for a redress of grievances.’’; 
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Whereas schools, under political pressure, have implemented 
critical race theory, which teaches children to divide 
themselves from their classmates, as part of curricula; 
Whereas schools have implemented mask mandates, jeopard-
izing learning potential and disrupting classrooms; 
Whereas schools have implemented vaccine mandates in viola-
tion of personal choice and medical freedom, thereby cre-
ating thousands of teacher vacancies nationwide; 
Whereas parents have exercised their protected First Amend-
ment right to assemble and express concerns at school 
board meetings; 
Whereas interest groups, in response to parents participating 
out of concern for policies impacting their children’s well- 
being and safety, requested the Department of Justice 
label parents as ‘‘domestic terrorists’’; 
Whereas, on October 4, 2021, the Attorney General, as ap-
pointed by the President, has directed the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation to prosecute parents who exercise 
their First Amendment rights at school board meetings; 
and 
Whereas, on October 15, 2021, sitting members of the United 
States Commission on Civil Rights wrote to the Attorney 
General to express concern that protected political speech 
by parents could be prosecuted under the October 4 di-
rective, in direct violation of their First Amendment 
rights, because of political disagreement: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) supports the rights enumerated in the Con-
stitution of parents to assemble and petition school 
boards; and 
(2) condemns weaponization of Federal law en-
forcement agencies against parents exercising their 
rights. 
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