IA
119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. J. RES. 94
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit
the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL29, 2025
Mr. B
URCHETTsubmitted the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to limit the number of terms that a Member
of Congress may serve.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1
of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two- 2
thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-3
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-4
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 5
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 6
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 7
States within seven years after the date of its submission 8
for ratification: 9
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‘‘ARTICLE— 1
‘‘S
ECTION1. No person who has served three terms 2
as a Representative shall be eligible for election to the 3
House of Representatives. For purposes of this section, 4
the election of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of 5
Representatives shall be included as one term in deter-6
mining the number of terms that such person has served 7
as a Representative if the person fills the vacancy for more 8
than one year. 9
‘‘S
ECTION2. No person who has served two terms 10
as a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment 11
to the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election 12
or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate 13
shall be included as one term in determining the number 14
of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the 15
person fills the vacancy for more than three years. 16
‘‘S
ECTION3. This article shall not apply to any per-17
son serving a term as a Member of Congress on the date 18
of the ratification of this article.’’. 19
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