[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 428 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 428

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
           relative to the desecration of the American Flag.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1994

   Mr. Pickett introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
           relative to the desecration of the American Flag.

    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 a part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years from the date of the its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the Constitution, the 
Congress is empowered to enact and enforce laws prohibiting the 
desecration of the Flag of the United States of America.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by 
appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
    ``Section 3. This article shall take effect immediately upon 
ratification.
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