[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 76 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 76

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
      relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and 
expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election 
                           to public office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2006

    Ms. Kaptur 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 
      relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and 
expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election 
                           to 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 --

    ``Section 1. Congress shall have power to set limits on the amount 
of contributions that may be accepted by, and the amount of 
expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or in opposition to, a 
candidate for nomination for election to, or for election to, Federal 
office.
    ``Section 2. A State shall have power to set limits on the amount 
of contributions that may be accepted by, and the amount of 
expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or in opposition to, a 
candidate for nomination for election to, or for election to, State or 
local office.
    ``Section 3. Congress shall have power to implement and enforce 
this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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