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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 63 
Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed direct commercial 
sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of certain weaponry and munitions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 12, 2021 
Ms. OMAR (for herself, Ms. TLAIB, and Mr. MCGOVERN) submitted the fol-
lowing joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed direct 
commercial sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of 
certain weaponry and munitions. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the issuance of a license for the export with respect 
to any of the following transfers to the Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia is prohibited: 
(1) The transfer of the following defense arti-
cles, described in license document DDTC 20–11, 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(c) of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) 
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on November 4, 2021: The proposed transfer of two 
hundred eighty (280) AIM–120C–7/C–8 Advanced 
Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and 
five hundred ninety-six (596) LAU–128 Missile Rail 
Launchers (MRL); containers; weapon support and 
support equipment; spare and repair parts; U.S. 
Government and contractor engineering, technical 
and logistical support services; and other related ele-
ments of logistical and program support. 
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IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 6 
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 4, 2021 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, and 
Mr. ZELDIN) 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 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: 
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clear legacy of the United States in Marshall Islands 
during any negotiation of the Compact of Free Asso-
ciation or its subsidiary agreements; 
(9) welcomes the commitment of the Govern-
ment of the United States, outlined in the Indo-Pa-
cific Strategy of the United States, published by the 
White House in February 2022, to ‘‘prioritize nego-
tiations on our Compacts of Free Association with 
the Freely Associated States as the bedrock of the 
U.S. role in the Pacific’’, and urges the President to 
appoint a special envoy to guide the interagency 
process of negotiating an extension of the Compact 
of Free Association; and 
(10) acknowledges that nothing in this resolu-
tion— 
(A) authorizes any claim against the 
United States; 
(B) supersedes any provision of the Com-
pact of Free Association or its subsidiary agree-
ments; and 
(C) serves as a settlement of any claim 
against the United States. 
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IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 65 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating 
to ‘‘COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Stand-
ard’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2021 
Mr. KELLER (for himself, Ms. FOXX, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
THOMPSON
of Pennsylvania, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. COMER, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. 
MURPHY of North Carolina, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. 
GOOD of Virginia, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mrs. MILLER of 
Illinois, Mrs. SPARTZ, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mrs. STEEL, 
Ms. LETLOW, Mr. PERRY, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. PFLUGER, 
Mr. ROY, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
GALLAGHER, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BOST, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. 
OBERNOLTE, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. 
RUTHERFORD, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. JOHNSON of Lou-
isiana, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. TIFFANY, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, 
Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. HILL, Mr. MOORE of 
Alabama, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. HERN, Mr. GUEST, Mr. 
BALDERSON, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. 
SIMPSON, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. EMMER, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. MOORE of Utah, 
Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. COLE, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. 
LUCAS, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. PENCE, Mr. BUDD, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. 
SMUCKER, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. PALMER, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MANN, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. BISHOP of 
North Carolina, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. ISSA, 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
BURGESS, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. BABIN, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
HAGEDORN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MAST, Mr. WENSTRUP, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Mr. CLINE, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, 
Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. SMITH of 
Nebraska, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. FALLON, Mr. DUNN, 
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68052 (November 30, 2021)), and such rule shall have 
no force or effect. 
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Mr. ESTES, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. 
BACON, Mr. CARL, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. STEIL, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. ARM-
STRONG, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. BARR, Mr. TAYLOR, 
Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. DONALDS, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. HUD-
SON, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. ROSE, Mr. NUNES, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
ROGERS of Alabama, Ms. MACE, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
ELLZEY, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. 
MULLIN, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BRADY, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mrs. 
MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. FORTENBERRY, and Mr. LAMALFA) sub-
mitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by 
the Department of Labor relating to ‘‘COVID-19 Vac-
cination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard’’. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the De-
partment of Labor relating to ‘‘COVID-19 Vaccination 
and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard’’ (86 Fed. 
Reg. 61402 (November 5, 2021)), and such rule shall have 
no force or effect. 
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IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 66 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit 
the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2021 
Mr. BURCHETT 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 that a Member 
of Congress may serve. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: 
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‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has served three terms 
as a Representative shall be eligible for election to the 
House of Representatives. For purposes of this section, 
the election of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of 
Representatives shall be included as one term in deter-
mining the number of terms that such person has served 
as a Representative if the person fills the vacancy for more 
than one year. 
‘‘SECTION 2. No person who has served two terms 
as a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment 
to the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election 
or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate 
shall be included as one term in determining the number 
of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the 
person fills the vacancy for more than three years. 
‘‘SECTION 3. This article shall not apply to any per-
son serving a term as a Member of Congress on the date 
of the ratification of this article.’’. 
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IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 69 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit 
the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2022 
Mr. FALLON 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 that a Member 
of Congress may serve. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States: 
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‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has served eight terms 
as a Representative shall be eligible for election to the 
House of Representatives. For purposes of this section, 
the election of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of 
Representatives shall be included as one term in deter-
mining the number of terms that such person has served 
as a Representative if the person fills the vacancy for more 
than one year. 
‘‘SECTION 2. No person who has served three terms 
as a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment 
to the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election 
or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate 
shall be included as one term in determining the number 
of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the 
person fills the vacancy for more than three years. 
‘‘SECTION 3. This article shall not apply to any per-
son serving a term as a Member of Congress on the date 
of the ratification of this article.’’. 
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‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. No person shall serve as a Representa-
tive for more than six two-year terms. Service as a Rep-
resentative for more than one year of any two-year term 
shall be treated as a complete term for purposes of this 
section, without regard to whether the service was com-
pleted by the individual originally elected to the term. 
‘‘SECTION 2. No person shall serve as a Senator for 
more than two six-year terms. Service as a Senator for 
more than three years of any six-year term shall be treated 
as a complete term for purposes of this section, without 
regard to whether the service was completed by the indi-
vidual originally elected to the term. 
‘‘SECTION 3. This article shall not apply to any per-
son who served as a Representative or as a Senator during 
any Congress occurring before the One Hundred Seven-
teenth Congress.’’. 
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IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 71 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit 
the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2022 
Mr. CAWTHORN 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 that a Member 
of Congress may serve. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: 
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117–81; 135 Stat. 2125), which directs the Public 
Interest Declassification Board to explore the feasi-
bility of the declassification of documents related to 
United States nuclear weapons testing in the Mar-
shall Islands; 
(6) commits to securing healthcare coverage for 
veterans of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel 
who participated in the clean up of radiological 
waste of former United States nuclear test sites in 
the Marshall Islands; 
(7) affirms that the Compact of Free Associa-
tion between the United States and the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, done at Majuro June 25, 1983 
(referred to in this resolution as the ‘‘Compact of 
Free Association’’), is the cornerstone of the strong 
relationship between the Marshall Islands and the 
United States, which also includes— 
(A) vital contributions of the people of the 
Marshall Islands in the United States; 
(B) high rates of service in the Armed 
Forces by citizens of the Marshall Islands; and 
(C) a shared desire for a free, stable, and 
prosperous Indo-Pacific region; 
(8) recognizes that it is incumbent on the 
United States to open dialogue regarding the nu-
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‘‘ARTICLE— 
‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has served six terms as 
a Representative shall be eligible for election to the House 
of Representatives. For purposes of this section, the elec-
tion of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of Rep-
resentatives shall be included as one term in determining 
the number of terms that such person has served as a Rep-
resentative if the person fills the vacancy for more than 
one year. 
‘‘SECTION 2. No person who has served two terms 
as a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment 
to the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election 
or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate 
shall be included as one term in determining the number 
of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the 
person fills the vacancy for more than three years. 
‘‘SECTION 3. This article shall not apply to any per-
son serving a term as a Member of Congress on the date 
of the ratification of this article.’’. 
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IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 72 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention relating to ‘‘Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While 
on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2022 
Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. 
BIGGS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. PERRY, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
PFLUGER, Mr. MASSIE, Ms. VAN
DUYNE, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. 
LOUDERMILK, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. NORMAN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. 
GOOD of Virginia, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. TENNEY, 
and Mr. DUNCAN) submitted the following joint resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to 
‘‘Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on 
Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs’’. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention relating to ‘‘Re-
quirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Convey-
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ances and at Transportation Hubs’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 8025 
(February 3, 2021); determined through a letter of opin-
ion from the Government Accountability Office dated De-
cember 14, 2021, and printed in the Congressional Record 
on December 15, 2021, on pages S9206–S9208, that the 
order is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and 
such rule shall have no force or effect. 
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IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 73 
Formally apologizing for the nuclear legacy of the United States in the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands and affirming the importance of free 
association between the Government of the United States and the Gov-
ernment of the Marshall Islands. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2022 
Ms. PORTER (for herself, Ms. CHU, Ms. TITUS, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) sub-
mitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Formally apologizing for the nuclear legacy of the United 
States in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and af-
firming the importance of free association between the 
Government of the United States and the Government 
of the Marshall Islands. 
Whereas the United States freed the islands now known as 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of 
Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia from 
Japan through bloody battles during World War II; 
Whereas the United States persuaded the United Nations to 
designate those islands as United Nations Trust Terri-
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tory and the United States as Administering Authority of 
those islands pending the development of self-government 
on such islands; 
Whereas, in response to United Nations Security Council con-
cerns with respect to such administration, President 
Harry S. Truman wrote that the people of the Marshall 
Islands ‘‘will be accorded all rights which are the normal 
constitutional rights of the citizens under the Constitu-
tion’’ and ‘‘will be dealt with as wards of the United 
States for whom this country has special responsibil-
ities’’; 
Whereas the United States used the northern atolls of the 
Marshall Islands— 
(1) to conduct extensive nuclear weapons testing 
during the Cold War; and 
(2) to dispose of radioactive waste from the Nevada 
Test Site; 
Whereas the nuclear weapons testing program of the United 
States contaminated at least 11 of the 29 atolls of the 
Marshall Islands; 
Whereas March 1 is Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in 
the Marshall Islands, which memorializes the 67 thermo-
nuclear tests the United States conducted in the Marshall 
Islands between 1946 and 1958 and which produced on 
average approximately 1.7 times the explosive yield of the 
bomb that destroyed Hiroshima every day for 12 years; 
Whereas the Castle Bravo test on March 1, 1954, remains 
the largest ever nuclear test by the United States, which 
yielded an explosion equivalent to approximately 1,000 
times the power of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, 
and the unexpected size of the blast, combined with shift-
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IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 74 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting 
the United States Government from increasing its debt except for a 
specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of the membership 
of each House of Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2022 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. C. 
SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
DUNCAN, and Mr. ELLZEY) 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 prohibiting the United States Government from 
increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by law 
adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each 
House of Congress. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
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