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

3.0.0 73 2025-12-05T23:18:12Z 2025-12-05T23:18:12Z House H HJRES 2023-06-14 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/73 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WOMACK:H.J. Res. 73.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article V, U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress, whenever twothirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall proposeamendments to this Constitution . . .''The single subject of this legislation is:A Constitutional Ammendment giving Congress the power toprohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the UnitedStates.[Page H2934]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-06-14T14:00:35Z A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. 118 34 SJRES 2023-06-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2023-06-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-06-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-06-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000809 Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] Steve Womack R AR 3 N B001298 Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Don Bacon R NE 2 2023-06-14 True C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2023-06-14 True C001087 Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] Eric Crawford R AR A. "Rick" 1 2023-06-14 True J000292 Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] Bill Johnson R OH 6 2023-06-14 True S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] PETE SESSIONS R TX 17 2023-06-14 True R000395 Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] HAROLD ROGERS R KY 5 2023-06-14 True C001054 Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] Jerry Carl R AL L. 1 2023-06-14 True F000246 Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] Pat Fallon R TX 4 2024-06-18 False S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] Christopher Smith R NJ H. 4 2024-07-25 False Z000018 Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] Ryan Zinke R MT K. 1 2024-07-25 False G000594 Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] Tony Gonzales R TX 23 2024-07-25 False G000558 Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] Brett Guthrie R KY 2 2024-07-25 False V000129 Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] David Valadao R CA G. 22 2024-07-25 False S001220 Rep. Strong, Dale W. [R-AL-5] Dale Strong R AL W. 5 2024-07-30 False S001196 Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] Elise Stefanik R NY M. 21 2024-07-30 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 2023-06-20T12:45:26Z

00 2023-06-14 Introduced in House 2023-11-16T19:08:22Z <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.</p>

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. Display Title 45 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. 2024-06-19T08:05:17Z Official Title as Introduced 6 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. 2024-03-18T21:00:45Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hjres73ih/xml/BILLS-118hjres73ih.xml 2023-06-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.