Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Latest action · Feb 28, 2013 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 12, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two consecutive terms as a Senator or six consecutive terms as a Representative.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2013 to Nov 18, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Feb 12, 2013 |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Feb 13, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Feb 14, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Trey Gowdy | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Mar 13, 2013 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | May 7, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Nov 18, 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 12, 2013 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
- Feb 12, 2013Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 2013Referred 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 H455H.J. Res. 26 | — | Feb 12, 2013 |
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 H455.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 113-9 | IS THE BROADBAND STIMULUS WORKING?262 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Feb 27, 2013 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 41 | 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 bill | Apr 30, 2013 |
| HJRES 48 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | Related bill | Jun 14, 2013 |
| HJRES 101 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | Identical bill | Jan 9, 2014 |
| HJRES 108 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | Related bill | Mar 20, 2014 |
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 consecutive 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 12, 2013Introduced 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.
