House joint resolution · 109th 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
- IntroducedJan 25, 2005
- Committee actionMay 25, 2005
- Passed HouseJun 22, 2005 · 286–130
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2005 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 10.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 10, 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 May 31, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16555
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 10, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hjres/10
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dd35cb76bbb648b6a376b8c4350b7b45bed90ae176e61d699d2aaae2097be6d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 10, 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 May 31, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16555
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 10, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hjres/10
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dd35cb76bbb648b6a376b8c4350b7b45bed90ae176e61d699d2aaae2097be6d
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. 109-131 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/131
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 10, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hjres/10
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dd35cb76bbb648b6a376b8c4350b7b45bed90ae176e61d699d2aaae2097be6d
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 10, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
196 cosponsors — 156 Republicans, 40 Democrats
40 of 196 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN) and 166 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.