IA 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 51 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 6, 2023 Mr. MAGAZINER (for himself and Ms. PEREZ) 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 consecutive 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 for ratification: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:56 Apr 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ51.IH HJ51 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HJ 51 IH ‘‘ARTICLE — 1 ‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has been a Senator for 2 two consecutive terms shall again be eligible for election 3 or appointment to the Senate until the date that is one 4 year after the end of such second consecutive term. 5 ‘‘SECTION 2. No person who has been a Representa- 6 tive for five consecutive terms shall again be eligible for 7 election to the House of Representatives until the date 8 that is one year after the end of the fifth consecutive term. 9 ‘‘SECTION 3. For purposes of this article, any term 10 a person serves as a Senator or Representative to fill a 11 vacancy shall not be included in determining the number 12 of consecutive terms that the person has been a Senator 13 or Representative unless the period of time for which the 14 person fills the vacancy is greater than three years in the 15 case of a Senator or greater than one year in the case 16 of a Representative. 17 ‘‘SECTION 4. For the purposes of this article, any 18 term that began before the date of the ratification of this 19 article shall not be included in determining the number 20 of consecutive terms that a person has been a Senator or 21 Representative.’’. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:56 Apr 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HJ51.IH HJ51 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB