[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 142 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 142

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Congress should have the 
  power to prohibit the desecration of the flag of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1999

 Mr. Stearns submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Congress should have the 
  power to prohibit the desecration of the flag of the United States.

Whereas from Valley Forge to Yugoslavia, in every battlefield where ever 
        American values have been attacked and American lives sacrificed, the 
        flag of the United States has been the shining, indomitable, eternal 
        spirit of American liberty in visual form;
Whereas to desecrate such a symbol is to desecrate the memory of the thousands 
        of Americans who have sacrificed their lives to keep that banner flying, 
        intact, and inviolate; and
Whereas since Americans have fought and died to defend the flag of the United 
        States, any act of desecration of the flag is profoundly offensive to 
        Americans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the reasoning of the opinion of the United States 
        Supreme Court leading to the decision in Texas v. Johnson, 491 
        U.S. 397 (1989), was flawed;
            (2) as a symbol of our Nation, the flag of the United 
        States is unique and deserves to be treated with respect of the 
        highest order; and
            (3) the Congress should have the power to prohibit the 
        desecration of the flag of the United States.
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