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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 79 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. J. RES. 79

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

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 1995

Mr. Solomon (for himself, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Allard, Mr. Andrews, Mr. 
Archer, Mr. Armey, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baesler, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. 
Baldacci, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Barr, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, 
 Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bateman, 
 Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Bevill, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
 Bliley, Mr. Blute, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bono, Mr. Brewster, 
   Mr. Browder, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bryant  of Tennessee, Mr. Bunn of 
 Oregon, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Burr, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
Buyer, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. 
 Chabot, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Chrysler, 
   Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clement, Mr. Coble, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Collins of 
Georgia, Mr. Combest, Mr. Cooley, Mr. Costello, Mr. Cox of California, 
    Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crane, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cremeans, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. 
    Cunningham, Ms. Danner, Mr. Davis, Mr. de la Garza, Mr. Deal of 
  Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
Dornan, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. 
  Ehrlich, Mr. Emerson, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
Everett, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Flanagan, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
      Forbes, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Franks of 
 Connecticut, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Frisa, 
Mr. Funderburk, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. 
  Gilman, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gene 
 Green of Texas, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
   Hancock, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. 
    Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Heineman, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
Hilleary, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Holden, Mr. Horn, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Hunter, 
 Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Istook, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
   Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
   Kasich, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. King, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
  LaHood, Mr. Largent, Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. 
 Lazio of New York, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Linder, 
Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Livingston, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Longley, Mr. Lucas, Mr. 
   Manton, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Martini, Mr. Mascara, Mr. 
    McCollum, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McDade, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
  McIntosh, Mr. McKeon, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Metcalf, Mrs. 
Meyers of Kansas, Mr. Mica, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Murtha, Mr. 
 Myers of Indiana, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Ney, 
    Mr. Norwood, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
Pallone, Mr. Parker, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Payne of Virginia, Mr. Peterson of 
Minnesota, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Quillen, Mr. Quinn, 
 Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
 Rogers, Mr. Rose, Mr. Roth, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Royce, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
      Saxton, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Schaefer, Mrs. Seastrand, Mr. 
  Sensenbrenner, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Skeen, Mr. 
Skelton, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Smith of Washington, Mr. Souder, 
   Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Stump, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
Talent, Mr. Tate, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Taylor of 
 North Carolina, Mr. Tejeda, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thornberry, Mrs. Thurman, 
 Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. Towns, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Tucker, Mr. 
  Upton, Mr. Volkmer, Mrs. Vucanovich, Mrs. Waldholtz, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
   Wamp, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Weldon of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Weller, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wilson, Mr. 
Wise, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Zeliff, 
 and Mr. Zimmer) introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
                 referred to Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
   authorizing the Congress and the States 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 and the States shall have power to prohibit the 
physical desecration of the flag of the United States.''.
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