Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set limits on Federal campaign contributions and spending, prohibit corporate spending in the political process, require Congress to develop a system of public campaign financing for all Federal candidates who qualify for the ballot, and allow the States to set reasonable limits on campaign contributions and spending in State and local elections, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 119.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4240):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article V.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  86 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 119, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/119

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 6, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bcd265c0f5588705f69e116c2138f6192448c51982133d89b70fd6cea6443e57

  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 October 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 119, last updated October 5, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 6, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.