Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This joint resolution proposes a campaign-finance constitutional amendment. It would allow Congress and the states to implement and enforce rules governing contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and to distinguish natural persons from corporations or other artificial legal entities. It also protects freedom of the press from being abridged under the article. The amendment would respond to constitutional limits on campaign-finance regulation by giving lawmakers broader authority.
Who Benefits and How
Campaign finance reform advocates benefit because the amendment would expand authority to regulate election money. Voters concerned about large political spending benefit if Congress and states use the authority to limit private-wealth influence. State election regulators benefit from constitutional permission to enforce state-level contribution and expenditure rules. Congressional election committees benefit from explicit authority to implement federal campaign-finance legislation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Political spenders face higher risk of contribution and expenditure limits if the amendment is ratified. Corporations and other artificial legal entities may be treated differently from natural persons in election spending law. Campaign committees must comply with new federal or state rules enacted under the amendment. Courts must interpret the line between campaign-finance regulation and protected press freedom.
Key Provisions
- Proposes constitutional authority for Congress and states to regulate election contributions and expenditures.
- Authorizes distinctions between natural persons and corporations or other artificial entities.
- Protects freedom of the press from being abridged by the amendment.
- Requires state ratification before campaign-finance authority expands.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing Congress and the states to regulate campaign contributions and expenditures while preserving press freedom.
Key Policy Areas
Campaign Finance, Elections, Constitutional Amendment
Primary Purpose
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing Congress and the states to regulate campaign contributions and expenditures while preserving press freedom.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Campaign finance reform advocates
- Voters concerned about political spending
- State election regulators
- Congressional election committees
Identified Costs
- Political spenders
- Corporations
- Campaign committees
- Courts
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Campaign committees, Political spenders
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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