Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Latest action · Mar 20, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the Senate to two terms and Members of the House of Representatives to six terms.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2014 to Dec 12, 2014; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Original | Feb 4, 2014 |
| R-LA | Steve Scalise | Original | Feb 4, 2014 |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Original | Feb 4, 2014 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Feb 25, 2014 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-VA | Dave Brat | Dec 12, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2014 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Mar 20, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Feb 4, 2014Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 2014Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H1592H.J. Res. 108 | — | Feb 4, 2014 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1592.
Related bills 9
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
