Bill > HJRes29

This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would require ratification by three-fourths of the states within seven years to become part of the Constitution. The core provision states that only "natural persons," meaning individual human beings, possess the rights protected by the Constitution, explicitly excluding "artificial entities" like corporations and limited liability companies from having constitutional rights and making them subject to regulation by the people through laws. Furthermore, it grants federal, state, and local governments broad authority to regulate, limit, or prohibit spending and contributions aimed at influencing elections, requiring public disclosure of such activities, and importantly, it clarifies that spending money to influence elections will not be considered "speech" under the First Amendment, though it explicitly preserves the freedom of the press.