H.J.Res.80 - 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 was cosponsored by Stephen Lynch, Dean Phillips, Janice Schakowsky, Peter Welch, Mark Takano, Eleanor Norton, Julia Brownley, Raúl Grijalva, Ruppersberger C.A., Joyce Beatty, Grace Napolitano, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jared Huffman, Betty McCollum, Mondaire Jones, Mikie Sherrill, Peter Defazio, Kaiali'i Kahele, John Garamendi, Mark Desaulnier, Eric Swalwell, Ed Case, Jimmy Gomez, Salud Carbajal, Earl Blumenauer, James Cooper, Rashida Tlaib, Alan Lowenthal, Bobby Rush, Ritchie Torres, Ayanna Pressley, Tom Malinowski, Debbie Dingell, Katie Porter, David Trone, Andre Carson, Lucille Roybal-Allard, David Price, Dwight Evans, James McGovern, James Himes, Nanette Barragan, Frank Pallone, Jason Crow and Adriano Espaillat.
It was referred to the Judiciary committee.
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit the Constitution from being construed to forbid Congress or the states from (1) imposing reasonable viewpoint-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.
117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
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.
March 24, 2022
Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Welch, Mr. Takano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Huffman, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Jones, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Case, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Rush, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Porter, Mr. Trone, Mr. Carson, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Evans, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Himes, and Ms. Barragán) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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.
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each
House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
“Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to forbid Congress or the States from imposing reasonable viewpoint-neutral limitations on private campaign contributions or independent election expenditures, or from 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.”.
You can read the bill here.
