HJRES 9 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, 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 6, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Steve Womack R-AR

Latest action · Jan 12, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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 6, 2015
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 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2015 to Nov 30, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jan 22, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jan 22, 2015
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jan 27, 2015
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jan 27, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Feb 4, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Feb 11, 2015
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Feb 24, 2015
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Feb 25, 2015
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 2, 2015
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Mar 2, 2015
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Mar 2, 2015
D-NE	Brad Ashford		Mar 4, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Mar 4, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Mar 4, 2015
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 17, 2015
R-MO	Jason Smith		Apr 14, 2015
R-IA	David Young		Apr 21, 2015
R-NE	Adrian Smith		May 14, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 19, 2015
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jul 8, 2015
R-IA	Steve King		Jul 8, 2015
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jul 15, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jul 15, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jul 22, 2015
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jul 23, 2015
R-LA	John Fleming		Jul 27, 2015
R-NC	David Rouzer		Jul 28, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jul 28, 2015
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jul 28, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Sep 9, 2015
R-OR	Greg Walden		Sep 24, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Dec 16, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Feb 10, 2016
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		May 24, 2016
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jun 7, 2016
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Sep 6, 2016
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Sep 6, 2016
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Nov 30, 2016

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 6, 2015
	Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee	Referred Jan 12, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 12, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House
Jan 6, 2015Referred 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: Article V: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 1, January 6, 2015, page H49.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SJRES 21	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.	Identical bill	Jul 30, 2015
HJRES 61	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.	Reintroduced Bill	Feb 8, 2017

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 6, 2015Introduced in House

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