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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. J. RES. 12 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit |
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| 6 | 6 | | the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY6, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. N |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORMAN(for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. MACE, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. SELF, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. R |
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| 12 | 12 | | ULLI, Mr. CRANK, Mrs. KIGGANSof Virginia, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | VANSof Colorado, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. |
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| 16 | 16 | | AYLOR, Mrs. BIGGSof South Carolina, Mr. BEANof Florida, Ms. |
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| 18 | 18 | | EREZ, Mr. EZELL, Mr. OGLES, Mr. MORAN, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mr. |
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| 20 | 20 | | OLDENof Maine, Mr. PALMER, Mr. ROY, Mr. STRONG, Mr. MOOREof |
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| 21 | 21 | | Utah, Mrs. C |
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| 22 | 22 | | AMMACK, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mr. BARRETT) submitted the |
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| 23 | 23 | | following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the |
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| 24 | 24 | | Judiciary |
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| 25 | 25 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 26 | 26 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United |
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| 27 | 27 | | States to limit the number of terms that a Member |
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| 28 | 28 | | of Congress may serve. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the United States of America in Congress assembled2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | •HJ 12 IH |
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| 38 | 38 | | ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 1 |
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| 39 | 39 | | States within seven years after the date of its submission 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for ratification: 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘A |
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| 42 | 42 | | RTICLE— 4 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘S |
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| 44 | 44 | | ECTION1. No person who has served 3 terms as 5 |
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| 45 | 45 | | a Representative shall be eligible for election to the House 6 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of Representatives. For purposes of this section, the elec-7 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tion of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of Rep-8 |
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| 48 | 48 | | resentatives shall be included as 1 term in determining 9 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the number of terms that such person has served as a Rep-10 |
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| 50 | 50 | | resentative if the person fills the vacancy for more than 11 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 1 year. 12 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘S |
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| 53 | 53 | | ECTION2. No person who has served 2 terms as 13 |
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| 54 | 54 | | a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment to 14 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election or 15 |
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| 56 | 56 | | appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate 16 |
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| 57 | 57 | | shall be included as 1 term in determining the number 17 |
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| 58 | 58 | | of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the 18 |
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| 59 | 59 | | person fills the vacancy for more than 3 years. 19 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘S |
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| 61 | 61 | | ECTION3. No term beginning before the date of 20 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the ratification of this article shall be taken into account 21 |
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| 63 | 63 | | in determining eligibility for election or appointment under 22 |
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| 64 | 64 | | this article.’’. 23 |
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