Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Bill: 114-hjres-49
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2015-05-05
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections

Constitution and constitutional amendments

House of Representatives

Members of Congress

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Constitutional Amendment</b></p> <p> This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.</p>

tv_txt: IA 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 49 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 2015 Mr. DeSantis (for himself, Mr. Salmon , Mr. Blum , and Mr. Ribble ) introduced 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.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution 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:  — 1. No person who has served 3 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 1 term in determining the number of terms that such person has served as a Representative if the person fills the vacancy for more than 1 year. This section does not apply to a person who is a Representative at the time this article becomes a valid part of the Constitution. 2. No person who has served 2 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 1 term in determining the number of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the person fills the vacancy for more than 3 years. This section does not apply to a person who is a Senator at the time this article becomes a valid part of the Constitution. .