United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 71 (112th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.
Introduced
7 July 2011
Last action
25 August 2011 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Sponsors
Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1], Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8], Jeff Duncan, Mick Mulvaney, Trey Gowdy, Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19], Tim Scott, Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8], Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
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Timeline
7 July 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 July 2011
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
7 July 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 August 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 7 July 2011 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 July 2011
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 July 2011
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 July 2011
Sponsors
- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8] · R · Sponsor
- Jeff Duncan · R · Sponsor
- Mick Mulvaney · R · Cosponsor
- Trey Gowdy · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] · R · Cosponsor
- Tim Scott · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1] · R · Cosponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
Related records
- 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.
- 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/71
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/71
- us · 112-hjres-71 · source updated 5 December 2025