[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 82 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 82

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
    authorizing regulation of any expenditure in connection with an 
                               election.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 14, 2011

    Mr. Deutch 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 
    authorizing regulation of any expenditure in connection with an 
                               election.

    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 the power to regulate any 
expenditure by a corporation in connection with an election for Federal 
office.
    ``Section 2. Each of the several States shall have the power to 
regulate any expenditure by a corporation in connection with an 
election for State or local public office or a plebiscite in the State.
    ``Section 3. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed 
to abridge the freedom of the press.''.
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