A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

IIA 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. J. RES. 1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. LEE) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting 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 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 by the Congress: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:59 Jan 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SJ1.IS SJ1 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •SJ 1 IS ‘‘ARTICLE — 1 ‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has served 3 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 ‘‘SECTION 2. 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 ‘‘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 21:59 Jan 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SJ1.IS SJ1 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS