Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times.

Bill: 119-hjres-29
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the number of times a person may be elected President.</p><p>The proposed amendment specifies that no person shall be elected to the office of the President (1) more than three times, (2) for any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, or (3) more than twice after having served as President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President (for example, if a President died after serving for one year and the Vice&nbsp;President became President for the remaining three years of the term, that person may subsequently be elected President no more than two times).</p><p>Currently, under the Twenty-Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a person may not be elected President more than twice. Additionally, no person who has been President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President may be elected President more than once.</p>

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 29 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2025 Mr. Ogles 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 provide that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times.

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: — No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. .