Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 90.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHEA-PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 46, March 16, 2017, Page H2150):
  Article V authorizes Congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses ``deem it necessary,'' to propose amendments to the Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  152 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 90, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/90

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b25ec4aa2d640e6608cd9f3ff5767028cae77aabd0cf41aa34ae75c3bdfb837

  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. 90, 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.