[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 21 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 21

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
regarding regulations on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds 
           made by candidates for election for public office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2003

Mr. Leach introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
regarding regulations on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds 
           made by candidates for election for public office.

    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:

                              ``Article --

    ``Congress and the several States may enact laws regulating the 
amounts of expenditures a candidate for elective public office may make 
from personal funds of the candidate or members of the candidate's 
immediate family, including personal loans.''.
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