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House resolution · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as "America's Spiritual Heritage Week" for the appreciation of and education on America's history of religious faith.

H.Res. 397Introduced May 4, 2009Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Sponsor: Rep. J. Forbes R-VA
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Where it went

Latest action: May 4, 2009 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

82 cosponsors — 76 Republicans, 6 Democrats

6 of 82 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Paul Broun (R-GA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Mary Fallin (R-OK), John Fleming (R-LA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) and 52 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Forbes.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-4 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.