Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years an individual may serve as a Member of Congress.

Bill: 115-hjres-7
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections

Constitution and constitutional amendments

House of Representatives

Members of Congress

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Constitutional Amendment</b></p> <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the total period an individual may serve as a Member of Congress to 12 years. </p>

tv_txt: IA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 7 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Mr. Fitzpatrick 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 years an individual may serve as a Member of Congress.

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. An individual may not serve as a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives if the period of the individual’s service as a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives (or, in the case of an individual who has served as both a Senator and as a Member of the House of Representatives, the combined period of the individual’s service as a Senator and Member of the House of Representatives) exceeds 12 years. 2. This article does not apply with respect to any period of service which begins prior to the time this article becomes a valid part of the Constitution. .