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

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 13.

• 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. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H114):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 13, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/13

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1fd72e3f78b30a060cf1979ffc643df1015daece7a9b831b63c47dedff136463

  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 September 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 13, last updated September 20, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.