House bill · 101st Congress · Public Law 101-131
Flag Protection Act of 1989
Became law on Oct 28, 1989.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Brooks D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 1989
- Committee actionJul 27, 1989
- Passed HouseSep 12, 1989 · 380–38
- Passed SenateOct 5, 1989 · 91–9
- Resolving differencesOct 12, 1989
- To the PresidentOct 16, 1989
- Became lawOct 28, 1989
Latest action: Oct 28, 1989 — Became Public Law No: 101-131.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2978.
- Congress.gov noteThis bill was not signed by the President; it was sent to the Archivist of the United States unsigned. See 103 Stat. 777.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2978, 101st Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/hr/2978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
52 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 49 Democrats
1 of 52 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Rick Boucher (D-VA), George Brown (D-CA), John Bryant (D-TX), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Jim Chapman (D-TX), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), John Dingell (D-MI), Don Edwards (D-CA), Mike Espy (D-MS), Dante Fascell (D-FL), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Edward Feighan (D-OH), Jamie Fuster (D-PR), Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Dan Glickman (D-KS), William Gray (D-PA), Frank Guarini (D-NJ), George Hochbrueckner (D-NY), Jerry Huckaby (D-LA), William Hughes (D-NJ), Earl Hutto (D-FL), Dale Kildee (D-MI), William Lehman (D-FL), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Thomas Luken (D-OH), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), Thomas McMillen (D-MD), Michael McNulty (D-NY) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4314 (101st) To implement the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration.
- H.R. 5316 (101st) Judicial Improvements Act of 1990
- H.R. 3897 (101st) To authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States for fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, and for…
- H.R. 4757 (101st) An act to provide for the extension of certain authority for the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.