A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 14 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 14

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag 
                         of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 1999

   Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
Ashcroft, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bond, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, 
  Mr. Burns, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
    Crapo, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
 Fitzgerald, Mr. Frist, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, 
   Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
  Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kyl, Mrs. 
Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
 Nickles, Mr. Reid, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Roth, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sessions, 
  Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
   Stevens, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thurmond, and Mr. Warner) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration 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 7 years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical 
desecration of the flag of the United States.''.
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