[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 177 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. J. RES. 177

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 1996

    Mr. McDade 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 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 seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

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