A bill to amend section 700 of chapter 33 of title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for showing disrespect for the flag of the United States.

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Introduced

5 February 1973

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Provides that whoever knowingly casts contempt upon any flag of the United States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it, or whoever knowingly shows disrepect for any flag of the United States, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 700)

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/3599
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