Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the composition of the Senate to Senators from States admitted to the Union prior to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.

Bill: 116-hjres-97
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-29
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Members of Congress

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the composition of the Senate to Senators from states admitted to the Union before the 116th Congress.</p>

tv_txt: IA 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 97 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 29, 2020 Mr. Walker 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 composition of the Senate to Senators from States admitted to the Union prior to the One Hundred Sixteenth 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: — The Senate of the United States shall be composed of Senators who are from States admitted to the Union prior to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. .