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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.

Bill: 118-hjres-5
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Representatives to six terms and Senators to two terms. The amendment shall not apply to any person who served as a Representative or a Senator before the 118th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets for the Government.

Bill: 118-hjres-6
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber. 
 
The amendment also requires the President to submit an annual budget in which total outlays for the fiscal year do not exceed total receipts. 
 
Congress may waive the requirements for any fiscal year in which (1) a declaration of war is in effect by a roll call vote, or (2) a declaration of a natural disaster or a national emergency is in effect that was declared by a joint resolution that became law after being adopted by a majority of each chamber of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Bill: 118-hjres-8
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Judges
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to consist of nine Justices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
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.

Bill: 118-hjres-9
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that prohibits the U.S. government from increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by a law adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each chamber of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide certain line item veto authority to the President.

Bill: 118-hjres-10
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional-executive branch relations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that authorizes the President to use a line item veto to reduce an appropriation in a bill or joint resolution. 
 
Under the amendment, the President must notify Congress within 10 days of using this authority to reduce an appropriation. The House and Senate may then consider disapproval of the reduction. 
 
If at least two-thirds of each chamber of Congress votes to disapprove the reduction, the amount of the appropriation that is subject to the reduction must be returned to the amount that was originally presented to the President. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Bill: 118-hjres-11
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Representatives to three terms and Senators to two terms. Terms beginning before the ratification of this amendment do not count towards these term limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Motion to Report Measure Defeated by the Yeas and Nays:: 17 - 19.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 118-hjres-12
Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Economic performance and conditions
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing.
 
The amendment requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit. It prohibits a bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless it has been approved by a majority roll call vote of each chamber. 
 
The amendment also requires the President to submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts.
 
Congress may waive these requirements due to a declaration of war or a military conflict that causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and to enact public financing systems for political campaigns.

Bill: 118-hjres-13
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress and the states to (1) regulate and impose reasonable viewpoint-neutral limitations on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections; and (2) regulate and enact public campaign financing systems, including those designed to restrict the influence of private wealth by offsetting the raising and spending of money by candidates and others with increased public funding. 
 
The amendment grants Congress and the states the power to implement and enforce this amendment by legislation. They are allowed to distinguish between natural persons and corporations or other artificial entities created by law, including by prohibiting such entities from spending money to influence elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Amending title 36, United States Code, to direct the President to issue an annual proclamation establishing Democracy Day.

Bill: 118-hjres-14
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-10
text: 
This joint resolution directs the President to issue an annual proclamation designating a Democracy Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 118-hjres-15
Sponsor: Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing.
 
The amendment also requires the President to submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.

Bill: 118-hjres-16
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Age discrimination
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum age for the right to vote from 18 to 16.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.

Bill: 118-hjres-17
Sponsor: Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Immigration status and procedures
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, enacted by the council of the District of Columbia on October 18, 2022. The act allows noncitizens who meet residency and other requirements to vote in local elections in the district.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
AUMF CARTEL Influence Resolution

Bill: 118-hjres-18
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latin America
Mexico
Military operations and strategy
Organized crime
Smuggling and trafficking
Violent crime
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Authorization for the Use of Military Force to Combat, Attack, Resist, Target, Eliminate, and Limit Influence Resolution or the AUMF CARTEL Influence Resolution

 
This joint resolution authorizes the President to use the Armed Forces against foreign nations, foreign organizations, or foreign persons affiliated with foreign organizations that the President determines are involved in trafficking fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances into the United States. The joint resolution also authorizes the use of force against those determined to have used force or violence in specified ways, such as engaging in violence or intimidation to control territory to be used for illicit means. 
 
 The joint resolution deems nine named cartels as having met the criteria for the President to use force against them. 
 
Force authorized by this joint resolution may only be used against organizations and persons located outside of the United States. The authority expires five years after the date of this joint resolution's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.

Bill: 118-hjres-19
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless (1) Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths vote of each chamber, and (2) total outlays do not exceed a specified percentage of the estimated gross domestic product of the United States. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. 
 
The amendment requires a three-fifths vote of each chamber of Congress to increase revenue or increase the limit on the debt of the United States. 
 
The amendment also requires the President to submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. The President's budget must also include justifications and specified details regarding funding proposed for departments and agencies. 
 
Congress may waive the requirements due to a declaration of war, a military conflict, an event that causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security, or a natural disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Bill: 118-hjres-20
Sponsor: Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Senator or Representative may serve. Senators who serve two consecutive terms and Representatives who serve six consecutive terms become ineligible to serve until the second Congress that begins after their last consecutive term.
 
This term limit shall not apply to any Member in the 118th Congress unless there is a break in the Member's service.
 
Additionally, if a person is appointed to fill a vacancy, the appointed term does not count towards the consecutive term limit unless the person serves more than three years as a Senator or one year as a Representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 118-hjres-21
Sponsor: Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Economic performance and conditions
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress declares an emergency and authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for payment of debt and receipts derived from borrowing.
 
The amendment requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit and a majority roll call vote of each chamber for bills that increase revenue. 
 
The amendment also requires the President to submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts.
 
Congress may waive these requirements due to a declaration of war or a military conflict that causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414".

Bill: 118-hjres-22
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Asia
Cambodia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Malaysia
Tariffs
Thailand
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule submitted by the Department of Commerce titled 
Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414
 and published on September 16, 2022. The rule allows for the suspension of duties on certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules (i.e., solar panels) that are completed in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam using parts and components manufactured in China that are not already subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the Senate is made more representative by adding twelve Senators to be elected nationwide through ranked choice voting, and providing for twelve Electors at-large for President and Vice President, who shall cast their ballots for the respective winners of the national popular vote.

Bill: 118-hjres-23
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Senate
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to (1) add 12 Senators at-large to the Senate, who shall be elected nationwide through ranked choice voting (a system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference); and (2) provide for 12 Electors at-large, who shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates having receiving the greatest number of votes cast by U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H559)
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House