Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections.

Bill: 117-hjres-89
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2022-06-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that protected speech does not include any financial expenditures, or in kind equivalents, with respect to a candidate for federal office, regardless of whether a communication expressly advocates the election or defeat of a specified candidate in the election.</p> <p>The amendment 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.</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 89 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 23, 2022 Mr. Yarmuth 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 relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections.

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 within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: — 1. 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, shall not constitute protected speech, as guaranteed by this Constitution or any amendment to this Constitution. 2. Congress shall have the power to enact a mandatory public financing system to provide funds to qualified candidates in elections for Federal office, which shall be the sole source of funds raised or spent with respect to Federal elections. 3. Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation. .