[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 13 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 13

    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

                            January 26, 2005

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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