Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations.

Bill: 114-hjres-36
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-26
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Corporate finance and management

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Political advertising
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Constitutional Amendment </b></p> <p> States that nothing in the U.S. Constitution shall prohibit Congress and the states from imposing content-neutral regulations and restrictions on the expenditure of funds for political activity by any corporation, limited liability company, or other corporate entity, including but not limited to contributions in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for public office. </p>

tv_txt: IA 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 36 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2015 Ms. Edwards (for herself, Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Himes , Ms. Lee , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Nolan , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Van Hollen , and Mr. Welch ) introduced 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 to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations.

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:  — 1. Nothing in this Constitution shall prohibit Congress and the States from imposing content-neutral regulations and restrictions on the expenditure of funds for political activity by any corporation, limited liability company, or other corporate entity, including but not limited to contributions in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for public office. 2. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to abridge the freedom of the press. .