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Flag Protection Act of 1999

Introduced: April 30, 1999 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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To President
Became law
Apr 30, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Apr 30, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4487-4491)
Apr 30, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flag Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal criminal code to revise provisions regarding desecration of the flag to set penalties with respect to persons who: (1) destroy or damage a U.S. flag with the primary purpose and intent to incite or produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace under circumstances in which the person knows that it is reasonably likely to produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace; (2) steal or knowingly convert to their use, or the use of another, a U.S. flag belonging to the United States and intentionally destroy or damage that flag; and (3) within any lands reserved for the use of the United States, or under the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction thereof, steal or knowingly convert to their use, or the use of another, a U.S. flag belonging to another person and intentionally destroy or damage that flag.

What's happening now April 30, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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