HJRES 13 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Introduced Jan 7, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Jo Ann Emerson R-MO

Latest action · Jan 24, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 7, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.

Cosponsors 91

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 19, 2011 to Nov 15, 2012.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-AK	Don Young	Jan 19, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Jan 19, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Jan 19, 2011
R-MN	John Kline	Jan 24, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross	Jan 24, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Feb 8, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young	Feb 8, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Feb 8, 2011
R-NY	Christopher J. Lee	Feb 8, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Feb 8, 2011
D-TX	Gene Green	Feb 8, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Feb 8, 2011
R-IL	Judy Biggert	Feb 8, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Feb 8, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Feb 8, 2011
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Feb 8, 2011
R-IA	Steve King	Feb 8, 2011
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Feb 9, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham	Feb 9, 2011
D-MA	William R. Keating	Feb 9, 2011
D-WA	Adam Smith	Feb 16, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Feb 16, 2011
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Feb 16, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Feb 16, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	Feb 18, 2011
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco	Mar 3, 2011
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem	Mar 3, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Mar 16, 2011
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Mar 16, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey	Mar 29, 2011
R-OH	Jim Jordan	Mar 29, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan	Mar 29, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Mar 29, 2011
R-OH	Steve Austria	Mar 29, 2011
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Mar 29, 2011
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Mar 30, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Mar 30, 2011
R-GA	Austin Scott	Apr 1, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers	Apr 1, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Apr 1, 2011
R-NV	Dean Heller	Apr 6, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Apr 6, 2011
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Apr 6, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed	Apr 6, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg	May 2, 2011
R-MD	Andy Harris	May 5, 2011
R-OR	Greg Walden	May 5, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo	May 5, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	May 12, 2011
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	May 24, 2011
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta	Jun 21, 2011
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Jul 11, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Jul 18, 2011
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Jul 25, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe	Sep 9, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Sep 9, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Sep 13, 2011
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Sep 20, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack	Sep 20, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Oct 5, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Oct 5, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass	Oct 24, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Oct 24, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Oct 25, 2011
R-TX	Bill Flores	Nov 15, 2011
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Jan 24, 2012
R-FL	Allen B. West	Mar 1, 2012
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Mar 1, 2012
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Mar 1, 2012
R-FL	John L. Mica	Mar 1, 2012
R-IL	John Shimkus	Mar 1, 2012
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Mar 1, 2012
R-ND	Rick Berg	Mar 1, 2012
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Mar 1, 2012
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais	Mar 1, 2012
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Mar 1, 2012
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	Mar 1, 2012
R-PA	Tom Marino	Mar 1, 2012
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Mar 1, 2012
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Mar 8, 2012
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Mar 8, 2012
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Mar 19, 2012
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell	Apr 24, 2012
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Apr 24, 2012
R-AR	Tim Griffin	May 10, 2012
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	May 16, 2012
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	May 30, 2012
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp	Jun 27, 2012
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Jul 10, 2012
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy	Oct 9, 2012
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Nov 15, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 7, 2011
	Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee	Referred Jan 24, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 24, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jan 7, 2011Introduced in House
Jan 7, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to establish Post Offices and post roads, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H138.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SJRES 19	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.	Identical bill	Jun 14, 2011

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 7, 2011Introduced in House

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