A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the desecration of the flag.

Introduced

22 June 1989

Last action

22 June 1989 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Sponsors

Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS], Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL], Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Mitch McConnell, Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX], Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1], Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA], Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL], Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Rep. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO-5], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL], Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS], Chuck Grassley, Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX], Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE], Sen. Rudman, Warren [R-NH], Rep. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI-9], Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL], Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA], Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA], Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY], Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Rep. Cohen, William S. [R-ME-2]

Subjects

Rule of law

Source updated

10 August 2026