Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

United States119th CongressHJRES-94House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 29, 2025

Summary

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for Members of Congress. Under the proposed amendment, a person would be eligible to serve a maximum of three terms as a Representative in the House and a maximum of two terms as a Senator in the Senate. For Representatives, filling a vacancy for more than one year would count as a full term. Similarly, for Senators, filling a vacancy for more than three years would count as a full term. Importantly, this amendment would not apply to any individual already serving a term as a Member of Congress on the date of its ratification.

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  2. Introduced in House

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