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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2504123" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>Flag Protection Act of 2005</p><p><strong>Introduced in</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" target="_blank">109th United States Congress</a></p><p><strong>Introduced on</strong> October 24, 2005</p><p><strong>Sponsored by</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bennett_%28politician%29" target="_blank">Bob Bennett</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">R</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah" target="_blank">Utah</a>)</p><p>Co-Sponsor: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" target="_blank">Hillary Clinton</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">D</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28state%29" target="_blank">N.Y.</a>)</p><p><strong>Number of Co-Sponsors</strong> 4</p><p><strong>Legislative history</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Introduced in the Senate as</strong> <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1911/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Flag+Protection+Act+2005%22%5D%7D&resultIndex=5" target="_blank">S.1911</a> <strong>by</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bennett_%28politician%29" target="_blank">Bob Bennett</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">R</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah" target="_blank">Utah</a>) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" target="_blank">Hillary Clinton</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">D</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28state%29" target="_blank">N.Y.</a>) <strong>on</strong> October 24, 2005</li> </ul><p>The law would have prohibited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_desecration" target="_blank">burning or otherwise destroying and damaging the US flag</a> with the primary purpose of intimidation or inciting immediate violence or for the act of terrorism.</p><p>It called for a punishment of no more than one year in prison and a fine of no more than $100,000; unless that flag was property of the United States Government, in which case the penalty would be a fine of not more than $250,000, not more than two years in prison, or both.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2504123, member: 12952"] Flag Protection Act of 2005 [B]Introduced in[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress']109th United States Congress[/URL] [B]Introduced on[/B] October 24, 2005 [B]Sponsored by[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bennett_%28politician%29']Bob Bennett[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29']R[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah']Utah[/URL]) Co-Sponsor: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton']Hillary Clinton[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29']D[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28state%29']N.Y.[/URL]) [B]Number of Co-Sponsors[/B] 4 [B]Legislative history[/B] [LIST] [*][B]Introduced in the Senate as[/B] [URL='https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1911/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Flag+Protection+Act+2005%22%5D%7D&resultIndex=5']S.1911[/URL] [B]by[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bennett_%28politician%29']Bob Bennett[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29']R[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah']Utah[/URL]) and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton']Hillary Clinton[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29']D[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28state%29']N.Y.[/URL]) [B]on[/B] October 24, 2005 [/LIST] The law would have prohibited [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_desecration']burning or otherwise destroying and damaging the US flag[/URL] with the primary purpose of intimidation or inciting immediate violence or for the act of terrorism. It called for a punishment of no more than one year in prison and a fine of no more than $100,000; unless that flag was property of the United States Government, in which case the penalty would be a fine of not more than $250,000, not more than two years in prison, or both. [/QUOTE]
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