HJRES 97
112th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Commemorative events and holidays
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
First Amendment rights
Political advertising
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections.
Introduced: December 20, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 6, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Dec 20, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 20, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Denies as protected speech any financial expenditures, or in kind equivalents, with respect to a candidate for federal office, without regard to whether or not a communication expressly advocates the election or defeat of a specified candidate in the election.
Gives Congress the power to enact a mandatory public financing system to provide funds to qualified candidates in federal elections, which shall be the sole source of funds raised or spent with respect to federal elections.
Requires Congress to set forth a legal public holiday for the purpose of voting in regularly scheduled general elections for federal office.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1