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<dc:title>117 SJ 20 IS: 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.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2021-06-14</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IIA</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num>S. J. RES. 20</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20210614">June 14, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S375">Mr. Daines</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S396">Mrs. Blackburn</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S266">Mr. Crapo</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S372">Mrs. Capito</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S398">Mr. Cramer</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S351">Mr. Toomey</cosponsor>) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>JOINT RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">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.</official-title></form><resolution-body style="constitutional-amendment"><section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="ID425C4633C2FD4ADAAC695F3B4854FEA5"><text>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 by the Congress:</text><quoted-block id="ID00A8F348EEFE479FAF166D4BC35F3B31"><constitution-article id="IDDBC3C35E5FF6446893B6CF9B3425DD66"><enum> —</enum><section section-type="undesignated-section" id="ID90C1C854759042E300003B2112CFA1DA"><text>The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.</text></section></constitution-article><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></resolution-body></resolution>


