IA 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 21 

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving 

Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2019 

Mr. SCHRADER submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 

States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled

3 (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol4 lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con5 stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 

6 intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 

7 ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 

8 States within seven years after the date of its submission 

9 for ratification: 


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1 ‘‘ARTICLE— 

2 ‘‘SECTION 1. The Congress shall have power to pro3 hibit, limit, and otherwise regulate the contribution of 

4 funds or donation of in-kind equivalents to candidates 

5 standing for election to a Federal office in the United 

6 States and to prohibit, limit, and otherwise regulate the 

7 expenditure of funds or donation of in-kind equivalents 

8 used to support or purchase media advertisements in9 tended to influence the outcome of an election for Federal 

10 office in the United States. 

11 ‘‘Whenever Congress should exercise such power, it 

12 must apply equally and uniformly to all individual persons 

13 recognized as citizens of the United States. 

14 ‘‘Whenever Congress should exercise such power on 

15 associations of citizens of the United States, it must apply 

16 equally and uniformly to all associations of citizens of the 

17 United States. 

18 ‘‘SECTION 2. Each of the several States shall have 

19 power to prohibit, limit, and otherwise regulate the con20 tribution of funds or donation of in-kind equivalents to 

21 candidates standing for election to public office in the 

22 State and to prohibit, limit, and otherwise regulate ex23 penditure of funds or donation of in-kind equivalents used 

24 to support or purchase media advertisements intended to 


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1 influence the outcome of an election for public office or 

2 plebiscite in the State. 

3 ‘‘Whenever a State should exercise such power, it 

4 must apply equally and uniformly to all individual persons 

5 recognized as citizens of the State. 

6 ‘‘Whenever a State should exercise such power on as7 sociations of citizens of the State, it must apply equally 

8 and uniformly to all associations of citizens of the State. 

9 ‘‘SECTION 3. A person who is not a citizen of the 

10 United States, including an association of persons who are 

11 not citizens of the United States, a foreign government, 

12 or any person acting as an agent thereof, may not con13 tribute funds or donate in-kind equivalents to candidates 

14 standing for election to public office in the United States 

15 or otherwise expend funds or donate in-kind equivalents 

16 in a manner intended to influence the outcome of an elec17 tion for public office or plebiscite in the United States. 

18 ‘‘SECTION 4. The powers provided by this article are 

19 limited to the content neutral regulation of political con20 tributions and political expenditures. 

21 ‘‘SECTION 5. Congress shall have the power to en22 force this article by appropriate legislation.’’. 

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