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HJRES 29 113th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Constitution and constitutional amendments Corporate finance and management Elections, voting, political campaign regulation First Amendment rights Political advertising

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.

Introduced: February 14, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Feb 28, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Feb 14, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 14, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) the rights protected by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only; (2) artificial entities (such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state) shall have no rights under the Constitution and are subject to regulation by the people, through federal, state, or local law; and (3) the privileges of such artificial entities shall not be construed to be inherent or inalienable.

Directs federal, state and local government to: (1) regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures, including a candidate's own contributions and expenditures, for the purpose of influencing the election of any candidate for public office or any ballot measure; and (2) require that any permissible contributions and expenditures be publicly disclosed. Prohibits the judiciary from construing the spending of money to influence elections to be speech under the First Amendment.

Prohibits this amendment from being construed to abridge the freedom of the press.

What's happening now February 28, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 2, 2014
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 14, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 29: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HJRES-29/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 29: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HJRES-29/.
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H.J. Res. 29, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HJRES-29/.
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[H.J. Res. 29: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HJRES-29/)
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