I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 699 
To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction 
of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the 
Pledge of Allegiance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2007 
Mr. AKIN (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. RAMSTAD, 
Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. 
MCCOTTER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. TOM DAVIS of 
Virginia, Mr. GOODE, Mr. HENSARLING, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. GINNY 
BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. RADANO-
VICH, Mr. PITTS, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. PENCE, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 
REYNOLDS, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida, Mr. HERGER, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. GER-
LACH, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. SALI, Mr. BAKER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. STEARNS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BARTON of 
Texas, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. RENZI, Mr. HUNTER, 
Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. 
DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. 
FORTUN˜O, Mr. WAMP, Mrs. EMERSON, and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to 
the jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and 
controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance. 
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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 ‘‘Pledge Protection Act 
of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON JURISDICTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 99 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1632. Limitation on jurisdiction 
‘‘(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no court 
created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and 
the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to 
hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpreta-
tion of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the 
Pledge of Allegiance, as defined in section 4 of title 4, 
or its recitation. 
‘‘(b) The limitation in subsection (a) does not apply 
to— 
‘‘(1) any court established by Congress under 
its power to make needful rules and regulations re-
specting the territory of the United States; or 
‘‘(2) the Superior Court of the District of Co-
lumbia or the District of Columbia Court of Ap-
peals;’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 99 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1632. Limitation on jurisdiction.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply 
to any case that— 
(1) is pending on such date of enactment; or 
(2) is commenced on or after such date of en-
actment. 
Æ 
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