Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms a Representative or Senator may serve.

IA 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 25 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms a Representative or Senator may serve. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 10, 2019 Mr. BYRNE (for himself and Mr. BARR) 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 a Representative or Senator 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 for ratification: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:49 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ25.IH HJ25 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HJ 25 IH ‘‘ARTICLE — 1 ‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has been a Senator for 2 two terms shall again be eligible for election or appoint- 3 ment to the Senate. 4 ‘‘SECTION 2. No person who has been a Representa- 5 tive for six terms shall again be eligible for election to the 6 House of Representatives. 7 ‘‘SECTION 3. For the purposes of this article, any 8 term that began before the date of the ratification of this 9 article shall not be included in determining the number 10 of terms that a person has been a Senator or Representa- 11 tive.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:49 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HJ25.IH HJ25 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS