House joint resolution · 107th Congress · Did not become law
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Cunningham R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2001
- Committee actionJun 20, 2001
- Passed HouseJul 17, 2001 · 298–125
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 2001 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 92.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 36.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 36, 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” on June 22, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 20, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13124
- CBO publication date
- June 22, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 36, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hjres/36
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e9b212873b901c56366084247a145fa2f9590550a975abecfa3c0bd3dba25925
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 36, 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” on June 22, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 20, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13124
- CBO publication date
- June 22, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 36, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hjres/36
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e9b212873b901c56366084247a145fa2f9590550a975abecfa3c0bd3dba25925
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-115 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 27, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/115
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 36, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hjres/36
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e9b212873b901c56366084247a145fa2f9590550a975abecfa3c0bd3dba25925
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 36, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
258 cosponsors — 188 Republicans, 70 Democrats
72 of 258 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN) and 228 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 218 (107th) Community Protection Act of 2001
- H.R. 632 (107th) Men's Health Act of 2001
- H.R. 778 (107th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to introduce new technologies to reduce energy consumption in buildings.
- H.R. 331 (107th) School and Library Construction Affordability Act
- H.R. 779 (107th) To remove certain restrictions on participation in the demonstration project conducted by the Secretary of Defense to provide health care…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.