Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress.

IA 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 4 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. GIANFORTE) 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 an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. 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 States within seven years after the date of its submission 8 for ratification: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:15 Jan 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ4.IH HJ4 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HJ 4 IH ‘‘ARTICLE — 1 ‘‘SECTION 1. No person shall serve as a Representa- 2 tive for more than six two-year terms. Service as a Rep- 3 resentative for more than one year of any two-year term 4 shall be treated as a complete term for purposes of this 5 section, without regard to whether the service was com- 6 pleted by the individual originally elected to the term. 7 ‘‘SECTION 2. No person shall serve as a Senator for 8 more than two six-year terms. Service as a Senator for 9 more than three years of any six-year term shall be treated 10 as a complete term for purposes of this section, without 11 regard to whether the service was completed by the indi- 12 vidual originally elected to the term. 13 ‘‘SECTION 3. This article shall not apply to any per- 14 son who served as a Representative or as a Senator during 15 any Congress occurring before the One Hundred Fifteenth 16 Congress.’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:15 Jan 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HJ4.IH HJ4 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS