[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 100 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 100

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
regarding the use of public funds to pay for campaigns for election to 
                            Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2012

   Mr. Kucinich 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 the use of public funds to pay for campaigns for election to 
                            Federal 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 conventions in three-fourths of the several States within 
seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. All campaigns for President and Members of the United 
States House of Representatives and the United States Senate shall be 
financed entirely with public funds. No contributions shall be 
permitted to any candidate for Federal office from any other source, 
including the candidate.
    ``Section 2. No expenditures shall be permitted in support of any 
candidate for Federal office, or in opposition to any candidate for 
Federal office, from any other source, including the candidate. Nothing 
in this Section shall be construed to abridge the freedom of the press.
    ``Section 3. The Congress shall, by statute, provide limitations on 
the amounts and timing of the expenditures of such public funds.
    ``Section 4. The Congress shall, by statute, provide criminal 
penalties for any violation of this Article.
    ``Section 5. The Congress shall have the power to implement and 
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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