A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress.

3.0.0 5 2025-12-05T21:27:16Z 2025-12-05T21:27:16Z House H HJRES 2025-01-03 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/5 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FITZPATRICK:H.J. Res. 5.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 5.The single subject of this legislation is:Amends the U.S. Constitution to provide term limits forMembers of Congress.[Page H43]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-03T16:25:45Z A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. 119 48 SJRES 2025-04-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2025-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 N K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2025-01-03 True Congress Congressional elections 2025-01-15T18:54:44Z Constitution and constitutional amendments 2025-01-15T18:54:44Z House of Representatives 2025-01-15T18:54:44Z Members of Congress 2025-01-15T18:54:44Z Senate 2025-01-15T18:54:44Z Congress 2025-01-07T12:16:03Z

00 2025-01-03 Introduced in House 2025-01-16T14:38:56Z This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to limit terms in the Senate and the House of Representatives.Specifically, the amendment limits an individual serving as a Member of the House of Representatives to six two-year terms and an individual serving as a Senator to two six-year terms. The amendment specifies that the term limits do not apply to an individual who served in either chamber of Congress before the 118th Congress. The joint resolution provides that the amendment shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification. Under Article V of the Constitution, both chambers of Congress may propose an amendment by a vote of two-thirds of all Members present for such vote. A proposed amendment must be ratified by the states as prescribed in Article V and as specified by Congress.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. Display Title 45 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. 2025-01-07T14:39:33Z Official Title as Introduced 6 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. 2025-01-07T14:39:33Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hjres5ih/xml/BILLS-119hjres5ih.xml 2025-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.