101st Congress > House > Vote 551

Date: June 21, 1990

Result: 179-236 (Failed)

Clerk session vote number: 193

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: COOPER, James Hayes Shofner (D-TN)

Bill number: HR5091

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: FLAG PROTECTION ACT OF 1990

Bill summary: Flag Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for: (1) destroying or damaging a U.S. flag with intent to provoke imminent violence; and (2) stealing or converting to personal use and intentionally destroying or damaging a U.S. flag belonging to the United States or belonging to another while on Federal land. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States should enact similar prohibitions to provide maximum protection to the U.S. flag.

Bill titles: To provide for protection of the flag of the United States.

Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 136, p. 4094;

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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