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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

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 Sep 11, 2025

Latest action (Sep 11, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Congress
Issues
Voting & Elections

Summary
  • Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Senators to two consecutive terms, with a one-year waiting period before eligibility for re-election or appointment
  • Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Representatives to five consecutive terms, with a one-year waiting period before eligibility for re-election
  • Specifies that terms served to fill vacancies do not count toward consecutive term limits, unless the vacancy period exceeds three years for Senators or one year for Representatives
  • Specifies that terms begun before ratification of the amendment do not count toward the consecutive term limits
  • Requires ratification by legislatures of three-fourths of the states within seven years of submission for the amendment to become valid

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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Sep 11, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Sep 11, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 11, 2025

Mr. Magaziner submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), 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 1. No person who has been a Senator for two consecutive terms shall again be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate until the date that is one year after the end of such second consecutive term. “Section 2. No person who has been a Representative for five consecutive terms shall again be eligible for election to the House of Representatives until the date that is one year after the end of the fifth consecutive term. “Section 3. For 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. “Section 4. For the purposes of this article, any term that began before the date of the ratification of this article shall not be included in determining the number of consecutive terms that a person has been a Senator or Representative.”. <all>

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