[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 14 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 98
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 14

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 1999

   Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
Ashcroft, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bond, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, 
  Mr. Burns, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
    Crapo, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
 Fitzgerald, Mr. Frist, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, 
   Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
  Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kyl, Mrs. 
Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
 Nickles, Mr. Reid, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Roth, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sessions, 
  Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
 Stevens, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thurmond, and Mr. Warner, and 
  Mr. Voinovich) introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                             April 29, 1999

                Reported by Mr. Hatch, without amendment

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 authorizing 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 7 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.''.
                                     





                                                        Calendar No. 98

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                             S. J. RES. 14

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

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

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                             April 29, 1999

                       Reported without amendment