A Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Physical Desecration of the American Flag

"The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States".

The language of the above provision is identical to the language contained in H.J. Resolution 54, the flag protection constitutional amendment which the House of Representatives adopted on June 12, 1997 by a vote of 310-114.

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