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[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 36 Introduced in House (IH)]

107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 36

    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

                             March 13, 2001

 Mr. Cunningham (for himself, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Shimkus, 
Mr. Shows, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. Burton of Indiana, 
Ms. Hart, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Thune, 
Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hunter, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
 Saxton, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Goode, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Bachus, 
 Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Green of Texas, 
  Mr. King, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Hilleary, Mrs. 
Kelly, Mr. Gilman, Mr. English, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Sununu, Mr. 
  Camp, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Foley, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. 
Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Riley, Mr. Smith 
of New Jersey, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Everett, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
   Stenholm, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Simmons, Mrs. 
   McCarthy of New York, Mr. Stump, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mrs. 
Thurman, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Gary Miller of California, Mr. 
Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. Wolf, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
  Hutchinson, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. 
 Schrock, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Souder, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Fletcher, 
    Mr. Simpson, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Baca, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. 
  Tancredo, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Green of 
    Wisconsin, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
Aderholt, Mr. Horn, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Issa, Mr. Young of 
  Alaska, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Akin, Mr. Kerns, Mr. Grucci, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Mollohan, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
Shaw, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, and Mr. Gordon) 
 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 
 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),

SECTION 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

    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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