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

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5 March 1991

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.

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Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have the power to prohibit, and establish criminal penalties for, the act of publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, or burning the U.S. flag.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-joint-resolution/176
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