3.0.0 24 2023-01-11T13:29:17Z 2023-01-11T13:29:17Z House HJRES 2015-01-21 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CARNEY:H.J. Res. 24.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article V of the United States Constitution: ``TheCongress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem itnecessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or,on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of theseveral States, shall call a Convention for proposingAmendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to allIntents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, whenratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the severalStates, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as theone or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by theCongress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made priorto the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in anyManner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the NinthSection of the first Article; and that no State, without itsConsent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in theSenate.''[Page H482]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2015-02-02T14:38:07Z Referred to 2015-01-21T15:01:40Z 2015-02-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H765) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2015-02-02 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2015-01-21 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-01-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001083 Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] John Carney D DE C. N Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Political advertising Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-01-21 Introduced in House 2015-02-02T20:14:47Z Constitutional Amendment

Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit Congress or any state from imposing content-neutral limitations on contributions or expenditures used to refer to a federal election candidate, including contributions or expenditures made independently from a candidate or a candidate's campaign during any period Congress or the state may establish which is proximate to the date of the election in which the candidate is running.

Declares that nothing contained in this article shall be construed to abridge the freedom of the press.

]]> Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate political campaign contributions and expenditures, including independent expenditures. Display Title Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate political campaign contributions and expenditures, including independent expenditures. Official Title as Introduced Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate political campaign contributions and expenditures, including independent expenditures. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hjres24ih/xml/BILLS-114hjres24ih.xml 2015-02-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H765) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.