Flag amendment introduced in House  Featured in Flag Advocacy
Flag amendment introduced in House  Legion family members are
encouraged to contact their U.S. representatives and urge them
to sign on as co-sponsors of the recently introduced flag
amendment. Click here to contact your elected officials.  Rep.
Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., reintroduced legislation for the 112th
Congress proposing a constitutional amendment which would
restore to Congress the power to prohibit the physical
desecration of the flag. House Joint Resolution 13 simply reads,
“The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical
desecration of the flag of the United States.”  A companion bill
in the Senate by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, will be introduced
later this month. In previous Congresses, the House
overwhelmingly adopted this flag-protection amendment but the
necessary two-thirds majority in the Senate needed to send it to
the states for ratification hasn’t been achieved.  The American
Legion is urging all concerned citizens, veterans