House joint resolution · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 20.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5347-H5349):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…Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 20, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/20
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b71fb760ff7b69015eb4f7b8ed1f4e0cf132135a064f0a6ffd04bea031a95770
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Keith Ellison (D-MN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Denny Heck (D-WA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), James Langevin (D-RI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Richard Neal (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Tim Ryan (D-OH), John Sarbanes (D-MD) and 7 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.