HJR 27:  DESECRATION OF U.S. FLAG                                            
                                                                               
  Number 553                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE ED WILLIS testified on behalf of the HOUSE                    
  SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS regarding                 
  HJR 27.  He said that the committee had introduced the                       
  resolution at the request of various veterans' organizations                 
  around the state.  An identical measure, SJR 9, was                          
  introduced in the Senate, he said.  The resolution asked the                 
  U.S. Congress to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting                 
  desecration of the U.S. flag, a step which would have to be                  
  ratified by a two-thirds majority of states, he said.