[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 47 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 47

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2009

 Mrs. Emerson (for herself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, 
    Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, Mr. Posey, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. 
  Skelton, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) 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 giving 
Congress power 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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