United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 17 (115th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Introduced
4 January 2017
Last action
11 January 2017 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Sponsors
Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4], Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1], Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6], Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1], Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1], Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6], Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12], Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2], Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Constitutional Amendment This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than two consecutive terms as a Senator or six consecutive terms as a Representative.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
4 January 2017
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 January 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 4 January 2017 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/17
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/17
- us · 115-hjres-17 · source updated 3 January 2025