3.0.0 36 2023-01-11T13:28:43Z 2023-01-11T13:28:43Z House HJRES 2015-02-26 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 33 (Thursday, February 26, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. EDWARDS:H.J. Res. 36.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deemit necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution,or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds ofthe several 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 the oneor 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 H1372]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2015-03-17T15:00:01Z Referred to 2015-02-26T15:06:05Z 2015-03-17 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2015-02-26 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-02-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-02-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000290 Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] Donna Edwards D MD F. 4 N B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2015-02-26 True J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2015-02-26 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 20 2015-02-26 True H001047 Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] James Himes D CT A. 4 2015-02-26 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2015-02-26 True L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 8 2015-02-26 True N000127 Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] RICHARD NOLAN D MN 8 2015-02-26 True S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 25 2015-02-26 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2015-02-26 True S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2015-02-26 True V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2015-02-26 True W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2015-02-26 True L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] Ted Lieu D CA 33 2015-04-30 False K000382 Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] Ann Kuster D NH M. 2 2015-06-23 False P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2015-09-11 False Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Corporate finance and management Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Political advertising Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-02-26 Introduced in House 2015-03-03T21:48:19Z Constitutional Amendment

States that nothing in the U.S. Constitution shall prohibit Congress and the states from imposing content-neutral regulations and restrictions on the expenditure of funds for political activity by any corporation, limited liability company, or other corporate entity, including but not limited to contributions in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for public office.

]]> Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations. Display Title Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations. Official Title as Introduced Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hjres36ih/xml/BILLS-114hjres36ih.xml 2015-03-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. 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.