US HJR31 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
February 28 2013 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits construction of the Constitution as forbidding Congress or the states from: (1) imposing reasonable content-neutral limitations on private campaign contributions or independent election expenditures; or (2) enacting systems of public campaign financing, including those designed to restrict the influence of private wealth by offsetting campaign spending or independent expenditures with increased public funding.
Title
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-28 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. |
| 2013-02-14 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Subjects
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
First Amendment rights
Government operations and politics
Political advertising
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
First Amendment rights
Government operations and politics
Political advertising
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HJ00031:@@@L&summ2=m& |
| Text | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hjres31ih/pdf/BILLS-113hjres31ih.pdf |
