Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to four in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate.

IA 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 9 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to four in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 2021 Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH submitted 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 to four in the House of Rep- resentatives and two in the Senate. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1 of the United States of America in Congress assembled 2 (two-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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:45 Jan 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ9.IH HJ9 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HJ 9 IH States within seven years after the date of its submission 1 for ratification: 2 ‘‘ARTICLE — 3 ‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has served four terms 4 as a Representative shall be eligible for election to the 5 House of Representatives. Any period during which a per- 6 son serves as a Representative pursuant to an election to 7 fill a vacancy shall not be included as a term served by 8 the person for purposes of this section. 9 ‘‘SECTION 2. 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, any period 12 during which a person serves as a Senator pursuant to 13 an election or appointment to fill a vacancy shall not be 14 included as a term served by the person for purposes of 15 this section. 16 ‘‘SECTION 3. 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 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:45 Jan 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HJ9.IH HJ9 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS