United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 20 (112th)
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
18 January 2011
Last action
24 January 2011 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Sponsors
Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1], Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7], Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7], Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1], Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4], Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17], Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.
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Timeline
18 January 2011
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
18 January 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 January 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 January 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 January 2011 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
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- related to ← Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limits on the number of terms a Member of Congress may serve.
- related to ← Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 4 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.
- related to ← A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-joint-resolution/20
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/20
- us · 112-hjres-20 · source updated 3 January 2025