This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Seventeenth Article of Amendment , which currently provides for the direct popular election of U.S. Senators. If ratified, this would effectively return the power of selecting Senators to state legislatures, as was the practice before the Seventeenth Amendment's adoption. The proposed amendment includes a provision clarifying that it would not affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before its validation as part of the Constitution. For this significant change to take effect, it requires ratification by conventions in three-fourths of the states within ten years after its submission to the states.