[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 54

    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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 1997

 Mr. Solomon (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Archer, Mr. 
Bachus, Mr. Baker, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Barr of 
Georgia, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton 
    of Texas, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. 
    Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
 Boehner, Mr. Bono, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr of 
  North Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
 Camp, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Christensen, 
Mr. Coble, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Combest, Mr. Cox of California, 
   Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crane, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. 
  Danner, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. 
   Diaz-Balart, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
  Duncan, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
  Ensign, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Everett, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, 
  Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. 
 Frelinghuysen, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. 
 Gillmor, Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, 
Mr. Green, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Hansen, 
Mr. Hastert, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. 
Herger, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Holden, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
  Hostettler, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
Jefferson, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. John, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Kelly, 
  Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
 Knollenberg, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Largent, Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
   Linder, Mr. Livingston, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. 
  Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Manton, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
    Mascara, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McDade, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
   McInnis, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. McKeon, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
  Metcalf, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Murtha, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. 
 Neumann, Mr. Ney, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
 Packard, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Parker, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Peterson 
  of Minnesota, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
 Radanovich, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Riley, 
Mr. Roemer, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Royce, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Sandlin, 
Mr. Saxton, Mr. Dan Schaefer of Colorado, Mr. Bob Schaffer of Colorado, 
 Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Sisisky, 
 Mr. Skeen, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Oregon, 
  Mrs. Smith of Washington, Mr. Souder, Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
  Stenholm, Mr. Stump, Mr. Talent, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. 
Thomas, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Towns, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Turner, 
Mr. Walsh, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of 
  Florida, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Weller, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
    Wise, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Young of Alaska, and Mr. Young of 
Florida) 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 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 shall have power to prohibit the physical 
desecration of the flag of the United States.''.
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