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. 73.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 104, June 14, 2023, Page H2934):
  Article V, U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: A Constitutional Ammendment giving Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  327 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 73, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/73

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  879bb5f894eba188c5bf25cbd2b28375d2a1a83dc687c8515c3b3d5b1b519f55

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 73, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.