H. J. RES. 12 Proposes Term Limits

H. J. RES. 12 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 2021 Mr. NORMAN (for himself, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BACON, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. BUDD, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. STEUBE, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, and Mr. JACKSON) 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 terms that a Member of Congress may serve. 1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:46 Jan 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ12.IH HJ12 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS •HJ 12 IH 1 States within seven years after the date of its submission 2 for ratification: 3 ‘‘ARTICLE— 4 ‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has served 3 terms as 5 a Representative shall be eligible for election to the House 6 of Representatives. For purposes of this section, the 7 tion of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of Rep 8 resentatives shall be included as 1 term in determining 9 the number of terms that such person has served as a Rep 10 resentative if the person fills the vacancy for more than 11 1 year. 12 ‘‘SECTION 2. No person who has served 2 terms as 13 a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment to 14 the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election or 15 appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate 16 shall be included as 1 term in determining the number 17 of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the 18 person fills the vacancy for more than 3 years. 19 ‘‘SECTION 3. No term beginning before the date of 20 the ratification of this article shall be taken into account 21 in determining eligibility for election or appointment under 22 this article.’’.