Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the number of terms Senators and Representatives may serve.

Bill: 115-hjres-85
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2017-03-01
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections

Constitution and constitutional amendments

House of Representatives

Members of Congress

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-01
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 six terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.</p> <p>This article shall not apply to any person who served as a Representative or as a Senator before the 115th Congress.</p>

tv_txt: IA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 85 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2017 Mr. Gallagher (for himself and Mr. Johnson of Louisiana ) 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 limiting the number of terms Senators and Representatives 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 shall serve as a Representative for more than six terms. An election to any part of a term for which some other person was elected shall not count in determining the number of terms a person serves as a Representative unless the person serves more than one year as a Representative pursuant to that election. 2. No person shall serve as a Senator for more than two terms. An election or appointment to any part of a term for which some other person was elected shall not count in determining the number of terms a person serves as a Senator unless the person serves more than three years as a Senator pursuant to that election or appointment. 3. This article shall not apply to any person who served as a Representative or as a Senator during any Congress occurring before the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. .