[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 10 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 10

    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

                            January 25, 2005

Mr. Cunningham (for himself, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. 
Bass, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. 
  Doolittle, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
Hefley, Mr. Holden, Mr. Issa, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Kennedy 
of Minnesota, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Pitts, 
 Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Smith of Texas, 
Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
   Mr. Wamp, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. McCaul of 
   Texas, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Hunter, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. 
Knollenberg, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Otter, Mr. Royce, 
  Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hastings of 
Washington, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Terry, and Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire) 
    introduced the following 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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