IA 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 119 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating 
to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2014 
Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LARSON of 
Connecticut, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. HOLT, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. WELCH, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. BEN 
RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CICILLINE, 
Ms. DELBENE, Ms. TITUS, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. HECK of 
Washington, Mr. KILMER, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mex-
ico, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. DOG-
GETT, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Mr. HIMES, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FARR, Ms. CLARK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. BISHOP of New York, 
Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. HAHN, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. FOS-
TER, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. RICH-
MOND, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. WATERS, and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the fol-
lowing joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
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States relating to contributions and expenditures in-
tended to affect elections. 
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 fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution 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. To advance democratic self-government 
and political equality, and to protect the integrity of gov-
ernment and the electoral process, Congress and the 
States may regulate and set reasonable limits on the rais-
ing and spending of money by candidates and others to 
influence elections. 
‘‘SECTION 2. Congress and the States shall have 
power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate 
legislation, and may distinguish between natural persons 
and corporations or other artificial entities created by law, 
including by prohibiting such entities from spending 
money to influence elections. 
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‘‘SECTION 3. Nothing in this article shall be con-
strued to grant Congress or the States the power to 
abridge the freedom of the press.’’. 
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