[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 44 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 44

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

   Mr. Solomon 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 
authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of physical 
   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 physical desecration of the flag of the United States and to set 
criminal penalties for that act.''.

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