[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 121 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 121

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
   relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate 
     political campaign contributions and expenditures, including 
                       independent expenditures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2014

    Mr. Carney 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 the authority of Congress and the States to regulate 
     political campaign contributions and expenditures, including 
                       independent expenditures.

    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. Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to 
prohibit Congress or any State from imposing content-neutral 
limitations on contributions or expenditures which are used to refer to 
a candidate for election for Federal office, including contributions or 
expenditures which are made independently from a candidate or a 
candidate's campaign during such period as Congress or the State may 
establish which is proximate to the date of the election in which the 
candidate is running.
    ``Section 2. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed 
to abridge the freedom of the press.''.
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