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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. J. RES. 2
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States relative
to the line item veto, a limitation on the number of terms that a
Member of Congress may serve, and requiring a vote of two-thirds
of the membership of both Houses of Congress on any legislation raising
or imposing new taxes or fees.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY8, 2025
Mr. S
COTTof Florida introduced the following joint resolution; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United
States relative to the line item veto, a limitation on
the number of terms that a Member of Congress may
serve, and requiring a vote of two-thirds of the member-
ship of both Houses of Congress on any legislation rais-
ing or imposing new taxes or fees.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1
of the United States of America in Congress assembled2
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-3
lowing articles are proposed as amendments to the Con-4
stitution of the United States, all or any of which shall 5
be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Con-6
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stitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths 1
of the several States within seven years after the date of 2
its submission by the Congress: 3
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RTICLE— 4
‘‘S
ECTION1. The President may reduce or disapprove 5
any appropriation in any bill or joint resolution that is 6
presented to the President under section 7 of article I. 7
‘‘S
ECTION2. Any bill or joint resolution that the 8
President approves and signs, after being amended under 9
section 1, shall become law as so modified. 10
‘‘S
ECTION3. If the President reduces or disapproves 11
an appropriation in a bill or joint resolution under section 12
1, not later than 10 days after the date on which the bill 13
or joint resolution is presented to the President under sec-14
tion 7 of article I, the President shall return to the House 15
from which the bill or joint resolution originated— 16
‘‘(a) the portion of the bill or joint resolution con-17
taining the reduced or disapproved appropriation; and 18
‘‘(b) a statement of each objection of the President 19
to the appropriation. 20
‘‘S
ECTION4. Congress may separately consider any 21
appropriation that is reduced or disapproved under section 22
1 in the manner prescribed under section 7 of article I 23
for bills disapproved by the President.’’ 24
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‘‘ARTICLE— 1
‘‘S
ECTION1. No person who has served 6 terms as 2
a Representative shall be eligible for election to the House 3
of Representatives. For purposes of this section, the elec-4
tion of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of Rep-5
resentatives shall be included as 1 term in determining 6
the number of terms that such person has served as a Rep-7
resentative if the person fills the vacancy for more than 8
1 year. 9
‘‘S
ECTION2. No person who has served 2 terms as 10
a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment to 11
the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election or 12
appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate 13
shall be included as 1 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 3 years. 16
‘‘S
ECTION3. No term beginning before the date of 17
the ratification of this article shall be taken into account 18
in determining eligibility for election or appointment under 19
this article.’’ 20
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RTICLE— 21
‘‘S
ECTION1. Legislation imposing or authorizing a 22
new tax or fee may only be agreed to by a House of Con-23
gress if such legislation contains no other subject and is 24
agreed to upon an affirmative vote of not less than two- 25
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thirds of the Members of such House of Congress, duly 1
chosen and sworn. 2
‘‘S
ECTION2. Legislation raising any tax or fee, in-3
cluding any increase in a rate of tax or fee imposed on 4
a percentage basis, any increase in an amount of a tax 5
or fee imposed on a flat or fixed basis, or any decrease 6
in or elimination of an exemption, waiver, credit, or deduc-7
tion with respect to a tax or fee, may only be agreed to 8
by a House of Congress if such legislation contains no 9
other subject and is agreed to upon an affirmative vote 10
of not less than two-thirds of the Members of such House 11
of Congress, duly chosen and sworn.’’. 12
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