Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 47.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACHUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2913):
  Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to propose Constitutional amendments.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  109 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 47, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/47

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80c67ede1ebdb886ffc98df771334162e48249213d70144682281a60c499df12

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 47, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.