H.J.Res. 122: 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.
H.J.Res. 122 proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would grant Congress and individual states the authority to regulate campaign finance. This includes setting limits on how much money can be raised or spent to influence elections and establishing public financing systems for political campaigns.
The amendment would specifically allow lawmakers to distinguish between individual citizens and artificial entities, such as corporations. This means Congress or states could pass laws that restrict or prohibit corporations and other legal entities from spending money to influence elections, while still allowing for reasonable, viewpoint-neutral regulations on individual contributions.
This bill does not set specific spending limits itself; rather, it changes the Constitution to give Congress and the states the legal power to write such laws. It does not mandate any specific campaign finance system, nor does it automatically overturn existing Supreme Court rulings on political spending.
H.J.Res. 122 提议对美国宪法进行修正，旨在赋予国会和各州监管竞选资金的权力。这包括设定竞选筹款和支出的限额，以及建立公共竞选融资系统。
该修正案明确允许立法者区分自然人与公司等法律实体。这意味着国会或各州可以制定法律，限制或禁止公司及其他法律实体为影响选举而支出资金，同时仍允许对个人的竞选捐款进行合理的、中立的监管。
该法案本身并未设定具体的支出限额，而是通过修改宪法，赋予国会和各州制定此类法律的法律权限。它没有强制要求建立特定的竞选融资制度，也不会自动推翻现有的关于政治支出的最高法院裁决。