Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 113.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 123, July 20, 2017, Page H6147):
  Article V of the Constitution ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  50 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 113, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/113

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6bf1fba4887b77b7c484303b09ee5e78ca306259fad2bb988b88c641df8e094

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 113, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.