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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 105

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Congress should have the 
    power to prohibit desecration of the flag of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2001

 Mr. Stearns submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Congress should have the 
    power to prohibit desecration of the flag of the United States.

Whereas from Valley Forge to Yugoslavia, in every battlefield where American 
        values have been attacked and American lives sacrificed, the flag of the 
        United States has been a shining symbol of the Nation and of the 
        indomitable and eternal spirit of American liberty;
Whereas to desecrate such a symbol is to desecrate the memory of the thousands 
        of Americans who have sacrificed their lives to keep that banner flying, 
        intact, and inviolate; and
Whereas, since Americans have fought and died to defend the flag of the United 
        States, any act of desecration of the flag is profoundly offensive to 
        Americans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) as a symbol of our Nation, the flag of the United 
        States deserves to be treated with respect of the highest 
        order; and
            (2) the Congress should have the power to prohibit the 
        desecration of the flag of the Unites States.
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