> I don't know about the legislature, but the biblical reference is 2 Chr
> 4:1-2, which says the "Bronze Sea" or laver in the courtyard of Solomon's
> Temple was 10 cubits "rim to rim" and 30 cubits in circumference. The
> ratio thus would be 3. The discrepancy from pi is generally explained by
> noting the rim to rim diameter was an internal measurement, while the
> circumference was external (so one could calculate the thickness of the
> laver). Or it might simply be round-off error.
I saw the subject several times on soc.relgion.christian newsgroup. I
believe it was Indiana.
Paul