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title: "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve."
identifier: "118-HJRES-20"
congress: 118
bill_number: 20
bill_type: "HJRES"
version_code: "ih"
version_type: "Introduced in House"
bill_url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/118/bills/hjres/20"
source: "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/20"
site: "Chamber Zero"
site_url: "https://chamberzero.com"
rendered_at: "2026-06-04T06:05:38.268Z"
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That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
> "ARTICLE —SECTION. 1No person who has been a Senator for two consecutive terms shall again be eligible to serve as a Senator until the second Congress that begins after the end of such second consecutive term. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, a person who is a Senator during the period beginning with the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress may serve as a Senator for an unlimited number of consecutive terms, but shall not again be eligible to serve as a Senator until the second Congress that begins after the end of the person’s final consecutive term of that period.SECTION. 2No person who has been a Representative for six consecutive terms shall again be eligible to serve as a Representative until the second Congress that begins after the end of the sixth consecutive term. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, a person who is a Representative during the period beginning with the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress may serve as a Representative for an unlimited number of consecutive terms, but shall not again be eligible to serve as a Representative until the second Congress that begins after the end of the person’s final consecutive term of that period.SECTION. 3For purposes of this article, any term a person serves as a Senator or Representative to fill a vacancy shall not be included in determining the number of consecutive terms that the person has been a Senator or Representative unless the period of time for which the person fills the vacancy is greater than three years in the case of a Senator or greater than one year in the case of a Representative."