Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the misuse and improper display of the flag of the United States.

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States may by law prohibit and establish criminal penalties for an act of misuse or improper display of the U.S. flag.

 
HJ 333 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 333
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing
the Congress to prohibit the misuse and improper display of the flag of the
United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 27, 1989
Mr. OXLEY introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing
the Congress to prohibit the misuse and improper display of the flag of the
United States.
  Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
  of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring
  therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the
  Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and
  purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of
  three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of
  its submission for ratification:
`Article--
  `The Congress and the States may by law prohibit and establish criminal
  penalties for an act of misuse or improper display of the flag of the
  United States.'.