HJRES 559
101th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Constitutional amendments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emblems
Flags
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of physical desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.
Introduced: May 1, 1990
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 1990
See H.J.Res.350.
May 4, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
May 1, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
May 1, 1990
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of physical desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for such act.
What's happening now
See H.J.Res.350.
Committees of jurisdiction
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