Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for that act.

 
HJ 337 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 337
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing
the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag
of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 27, 1989
Mr. SOLOMON (for himself, Mr. SUNDQUIST, Mr. MCGRATH, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. MOLINARI,
Mr. HASTERT, Mr. MARTIN of New York, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MOORHEAD,
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. IRELAND, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. GALLEGLY,
Mr. SCHULZE, Mr. WYLIE, Mr. MCMILLAN of North Carolina, Mr. SMITH of
Mississippi, Mr. WELDON, Mr. MCEWEN, Mr. RAVENEL, Mr. GRANT, Mr. MILLER of
Ohio, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. MCDADE, Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT, Mr. SLAUGHTER
of Virginia, Mr. DOUGLAS, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. DONALD E. LUKENS,
Mr. APPLEGATE, Mr. HOPKINS, Mr. COBLE, Mrs. BENTLEY, Mr. BARTON of Texas,
Mr. MYERS of Indiana, Mr. ROGERS, Mr. BAKER, Mr. HYDE, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. ROTH,
Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. SAIKI, Mr. STEARNS,
Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. HOLLOWAY, Mr. LAGOMARSINO, Mr. HANCOCK, Mrs. SMITH of
Nebraska, Mr. DORNAN of California, Mr. MARLENEE, Mr. LEWIS of California,
Mr. DREIER of California, Mr. GOSS, Mr. BROOMFIELD, Mr. SENSENBRENNER,
Mr. RHODES, Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. JAMES, Mr. PAXON, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mr. RIDGE,
Mr. OXLEY, Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MORRISON of Washington, Mr. WILSON,
Mr. CRAIG, Mr. LEATH of Texas, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. DANNEMEYER,
Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. WALSH, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. SKEEN,
Mr. VANDER JAGT, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. PARRIS, Mr. HUBBARD, Mr. UPTON,
Mr. ROBERT F. SMITH, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. DELAY) 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 and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag
of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.
  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 shall have power to prohibit the act of
  desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties
  for that act.'.