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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. J. RES. 5 |
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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 an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. F |
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| 10 | 10 | | ITZPATRICK(for himself and Mr. KHANNA) submitted the following joint |
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| 11 | 11 | | resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United |
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| 14 | 14 | | States to limit the number of terms an individual may |
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| 15 | 15 | | serve as a Member of Congress. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the United States of America in Congress assembled2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | States within seven years after the date of its submission 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | for ratification: 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ‘‘ARTICLE— 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘S |
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| 30 | 30 | | ECTION1. No person shall serve as a Representa-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tive for more than six two-year terms. Service as a Rep-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | resentative for more than one year of any two-year term 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall be treated as a complete term for purposes of this 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | section, without regard to whether the service was com-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | pleted by the individual originally elected to the term. 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘S |
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| 37 | 37 | | ECTION2. No person shall serve as a Senator for 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | more than two six-year terms. Service as a Senator for 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | more than three years of any six-year term shall be treated 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | as a complete term for purposes of this section, without 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | regard to whether the service was completed by the indi-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | vidual originally elected to the term. 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘S |
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| 44 | 44 | | ECTION3. This article shall not apply to any per-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | son who served as a Representative or as a Senator during 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | any Congress occurring before the One Hundred Eight-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | eenth Congress.’’. 17 |
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