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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. J. RES. 94 |
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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 | | APRIL29, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | URCHETTsubmitted the following joint resolution; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | 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 that a Member |
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| 15 | 15 | | of Congress may serve. |
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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 assembled (two- 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 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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| 27 | 27 | | •HJ 94 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | ‘‘ARTICLE— 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘S |
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| 30 | 30 | | ECTION1. No person who has served three terms 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | as a Representative shall be eligible for election to the 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | House of Representatives. For purposes of this section, 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the election of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Representatives shall be included as one term in deter-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | mining the number of terms that such person has served 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | as a Representative if the person fills the vacancy for more 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | than one year. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘S |
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| 39 | 39 | | ECTION2. No person who has served two terms 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | as a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | shall be included as one term in determining the number 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | person fills the vacancy for more than three years. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘S |
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| 47 | 47 | | ECTION3. This article shall not apply to any per-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | son serving a term as a Member of Congress on the date 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of the ratification of this article.’’. 19 |
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