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.

This bill is a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would authorize Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the United States flag. If passed by both chambers of Congress with two-thirds majorities and then ratified by three-fourths of the states within seven years, it would add an Article to the Constitution stating that Congress has the power to prohibit flag desecration. The sponsor is Senators Daines and Crapo, and the measure is introduced but not enacted. In practical terms, the amendment would allow Congress to enact laws criminalizing the physical mistreatment or desecration of the U.S. flag. The actual prohibition would come from future statutes enacted under this new constitutional authority, and those laws would still be subject to interpretation and potential legal challenges once the amendment is ratified.