HJRES 34 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to restore the rights of the American people that were taken away by the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case and related decisions, to protect the integrity of our elections, and to limit the corrosive influence of money in our democratic process.

Introduced Mar 12, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Theodore E. Deutch D-FL

Latest action · Apr 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 12, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that, whereas the right to vote in public elections belongs only to natural persons as U.S. citizens, so shall the ability to make contributions and expenditures to influence the outcome of public elections belong only to natural persons.

Declares that nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to restrict the power of Congress and the states to protect the integrity and fairness of the electoral process, limit the corrupting influence of private wealth in public elections, and guarantee the dependence of elected officials on the people alone by taking certainactions.

Includes among such actions: (1) the establishment of systems of public financing for elections; (2) the imposition of requirements to ensure the disclosure of contributions and expenditures made to influence the outcome of a public election by candidates, individuals, and associations of individuals; and (3) the imposition of content neutral limitations on all such contributions and expenditures.

Declares that nothing in this Article shall be construed to alter freedom of the press.

Grants Congress and the states power to enforce this Amendment through appropriate legislation.

Cosponsors 75

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2013 to Jun 11, 2014; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Mar 12, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 13, 2013
D-TX	Gene Green		Mar 13, 2013
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Mar 21, 2013
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Apr 23, 2013
D-CA	Sam Farr		Apr 23, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		May 14, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 14, 2013
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jun 12, 2013
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jun 18, 2013
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jun 28, 2013
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Jul 18, 2013
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Jul 19, 2013
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Jul 19, 2013
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jul 19, 2013
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jul 24, 2013
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jul 30, 2013
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jul 30, 2013
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 30, 2013
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jul 31, 2013
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Aug 1, 2013
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Sep 16, 2013
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 16, 2013
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Sep 16, 2013
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Sep 18, 2013
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Sep 19, 2013
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Sep 20, 2013
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Sep 23, 2013
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Sep 23, 2013
D-IL	William L. Enyart		Sep 26, 2013
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 4, 2013
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Oct 4, 2013
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Oct 28, 2013
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Dec 3, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Dec 5, 2013
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Jan 28, 2014
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Mar 12, 2014
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Apr 4, 2014
D-NY	Grace Meng		Apr 7, 2014
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Apr 8, 2014
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Apr 30, 2014
D-CA	Jackie Speier		May 7, 2014
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 19, 2014
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jun 11, 2014

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 12, 2013
	Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee	Referred Apr 8, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Mar 12, 2013Introduced in House
Mar 12, 2013Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Lists H1359H.J. Res. 34	—	Mar 12, 2013

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H5347-H5349] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. NEUGEBAUER: H.J. Res. 57. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 60: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois. H.R. 148: Mr. Enyart. H.R. 182: Mr. Sires. H.R. 183: Mr. Enyart. H.R. 262: Mr. Heck of Nevada and Mr. Schock. H.R. 279: Mr. Ruiz. H.R. 281: Ms. Kaptur. H.R. 292: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 301: Mr. Gardner and Mr. Wittman. H.R. 310: Mr. Kilmer. H.R. 362: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 363: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 366: Ms. Jenkins and Mr. Schneider. H.R. 419: Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania. H.R. 460: Mr. Perlmutter. H.R. 474: Mr. Ellison. H.R. 485: Ms. Tsongas. H.R. 491: Mr. Sherman. H.R. 508: Mr. Quigley, Mr. Barber, and Mr. Gibson. H.R. 523: Mr. Smith of Missouri. H.R. 525: Mr. Ryan of Ohio. H.R. 533: Mr. Cartwright and Mr. DeFazio. H.R. 543: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 574: Mr. Clay. H.R. 578: Mr. Womack. H.R. 580: Mr. Cartwright. H.R. 620: Mr. Ellison. H.R. 621: Mr. Barletta. H.R. 647: Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Fudge, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Neal. H.R. 679: Mr. Scott of Virginia. H.R. 685: Ms. Moore, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Lowey, and Mr. Womack. H.R. 690: Mr. Barletta and Mr. Walden. H.R. 702: Mr. Cohen and Mr. Langevin. H.R. 720: Mr. Cartwright. H.R. 724: Mr. Swalwell of California. H.R. 755: Ms. Esty. H.R. 792: Mr. Gowdy. H.R. 795: Mr. Stockman. H.R. 846: Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kline, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Stutzman, and Mr. Pocan. H.R. 920: Mr. Gallego. H.R. 938: Mr. Thornberry. H.R. 961: Mr. Bera of California. H.R. 975: Mr. Price of North Carolina. H.R. 1001: Mr. Bishop of New York and Mr. Cole. H.R. 1014: Mr. Rothfus. H.R. 1015: Mr. Huffman, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Barletta. H.R. 1020: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Renacci, and Mr. Womack. H.R. 1024: Ms. Clarke, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Ms. Kuster. H.R. 1074: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 1091: Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Goodlatte, and Mr. Massie. H.R. 1094: Mr. Bera of California and Mr. Serrano. H.R. 1105: Mr. Matheson and Mr. Bachus. H.R. 1146: Mr. McHenry. H.R. 1175: Ms. Bass. H.R. 1176: Mr. Wittman. H.R. 1237: Mr. Stivers. H.R. 1249: Mr. Griffin of Arkansas. H.R. 1250: Mr. Courtney, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Ms. Esty. H.R. 1252: Mr. Cook, Mr. Runyan, and Mr. Pearce. H.R. 1276: Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Farr, and Mrs. Capps. H.R. 1318: Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Clay. H.R. 1327: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 1346: Mr. Lowenthal. H.R. 1354: Mr. Kilmer. H.R. 1389: Ms. Frankel of Florida and Ms. Esty. H.R. 1416: Mr. Israel and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina. H.R. 1428: Mr. Gerlach. H.R. 1476: Mr. Bentivolio. H.R. 1518: Ms. Pingree of Maine. H.R. 1526: Mr. Coffman. H.R. 1563: Ms. Wilson[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5348.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SJRES 11	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to restore the rights of the American people that were taken away by the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case and related decisions, to protect the integrity of our elections, and to limit the corrosive influence of money in our democratic process.	Identical bill	Mar 13, 2013
S 525	A bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to restore the rights of the American people that were taken away by the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case and related decisions, to protect the integrity of our elections, and to limit the corrosive influence of money in our democratic process.	Identical bill	Mar 12, 2013

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to restore the rights of the American people that were taken away by the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case and related decisions, to protect the integrity of our elections, and to limit the corrosive influence of money in our democratic process.

Subjects

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Text 1

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Mar 12, 2013Introduced in House

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