IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1570 

Reaffirming the validity and applicability of the Twenty-second Amendment. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2024 

Mr. GOLDMAN of New York submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Reaffirming the validity and applicability of the Twentysecond Amendment. 

Whereas, President-elect Donald Trump told Republican 

members of the House of Representatives, on November 

13, 2024, that ‘‘I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say he’s so good we got to figure something else 

out.’’; 

Whereas, on July 26, 2024, President-elect Trump told 

attendees of a conservative Christian event that they 

‘‘won’t have to vote anymore’’ if he is elected in November, adding ‘‘it’ll be fixed so good, you’re not going to 

have to vote’’; 

Whereas, on May 19, 2024, President-elect Trump openly 

mused about serving a third Presidential term while 

speaking to the National Rifle Association, asking the 


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crowd ‘‘I don’t know, are we going to be considered 

three-term or two-term?’’, and ‘‘are we three term or two 

term if we win?’’; 

Whereas, on April 12, 2024, when asked by a TIME magazine reporter whether individuals in the United States 

should be concerned about his ‘‘talk of dictatorship’’, 

President-elect Trump stated that he thinks ‘‘a lot of 

people like it’’; 

Whereas, a contributor to Project 2025 has advocated for the 

repeal of the Twenty-second Amendment because it is an 

‘‘arbitrary restraint’’ that would ‘‘constrain’’ a future 

Trump Presidency; 

Whereas, on December 7, 2023, President-elect Trump told 

Fox News that he would be a dictator on ‘‘day one’’; 

Whereas, then-President Trump shared a video on Twitter on 

June 21, 2019, February 5, 2020, and August 4, 2020, 

that depicts him remaining in office indefinitely; 

Whereas, on September 13, 2020, then-President Trump told 

rallygoers in Nevada, ‘‘we’re going to win four more 

years in the White House. And then after that, we’ll negotiate, right? Because we’re probably–based on the way 

we were treated–we are probably entitled to another four 

after that’’; 

Whereas, on August 17, 2020, then-President Trump told 

rallygoers in Wisconsin, ‘‘We are going to win four more 

years. And then after that, we’ll go for another four 

years because they spied on my campaign. We should get 

a redo of four years’’; 

Whereas, on June 24, 2019, in an interview with The Hill, 

then-President Trump floated the idea of staying in office 

for more than two terms; ‘‘Well, we have to go through 


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the six years or whatever it may be when—when you 

know, would I like to get a ride out of some of your compatriots, say, go through the six, 10, 14, maybe 18 years, 

whatever it may be’’; 

Whereas, on June 16, 2019, then-President Trump asked his 

Twitter followers that after a potential second term, ‘‘do 

you think the people would demand that I stay longer?’’; 

Whereas, on May 20, 2019, at a campaign event in Pennsylvania then-President Trump mused about serving five 

terms in the White House, telling the crowd that after 

winning in 2020, ‘‘maybe if we really like it a lot and if 

things keep going like they’re going, we’ll go and we’ll do 

what we have to do. We’ll do a three and a four and a 

five’’; 

Whereas, on April 18, 2019, then-President Trump told a 

crowd that he might remain in the Oval Office ‘‘at least 

for 10 or 14 years’’; 

Whereas, on April 12, 2018, in a speech to Members of Congress touting his tax law, then-President Trump mused 

about staying in office beyond two Presidential terms, 

asking Members, ‘‘Should we go back to sixteen years? 

Should we do that? Congressman, can we do that?’’; and 

Whereas, on March 3, 2018, then-President Trump expressed 

an interest in being ‘‘President for life’’, stating that Chinese President Xi Jinping ‘‘was able to do that. I think 

it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday’’: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) reaffirms that the Twenty-second Amend2 ment applies to two terms in the aggregate as Presi3 dent of the United States; and 

4 (2) reaffirms that the Twenty-second Amend5 ment applies to President-elect President Trump. 

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