HR 2312
107th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Commemorations
Destruction of property
Fines (Penalties)
Flag desecration
Flags
Government Operations and Politics
Government property
Larceny
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State laws
Violence
Flag Protection Act of 2001
Introduced: June 26, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jun 26, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 26, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Flag Protection Act of 2001 - 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 intent to provoke, and in circumstances 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.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States should enact prohibitions similar to the provisions of this Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1