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Statutory Term Limits on Congressional Pay and Power Act
To prohibit a Member of Congress from serving as chair or ranking minority member of a committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate after 12 years of service in the House or the Senate, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Prohibits Members of Congress who have served 12 or more cumulative years from receiving congressional salary
- Prohibits Members of Congress with 12 or more years of service from serving as chair or ranking minority member of House or Senate committees
- Prohibits Members of Congress with 12 or more years of service from serving in House or Senate leadership positions such as Majority Leader, Minority Whip, or conference committee chairs
- The restrictions take effect starting with the 121st Congress in 2029
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Chip Roy’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $112,464
- SBG $13,200
- HUFFINES COMMUNITIES $10,250
- Q2 BANKING $9,900
- WOODFOREST FINANCIAL GROUP $8,700
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Chip Roy → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 9, 2026 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Jun 9, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9230 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9230
To prohibit a Member of Congress from serving as chair or ranking minority member of a committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate after 12 years of service in the House or the Senate, and for other purposes.
A BILL
To prohibit a Member of Congress from serving as chair or ranking minority member of a committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate after 12 years of service in the House or the Senate, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Statutory Term Limits on Congressional Pay and Power Act”.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AFTER CERTAIN PERIOD OF SERVICE.
(a) In General.—A Member of Congress (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) who has served 12 or more cumulative years in the House of Representatives or in the Senate, as the case may be, may not, on and after the date that the Member reaches 12 years of service in the Member’s respective House of Congress, be eligible for any covered benefit described in subsection (b).
(b) Covered Benefit Described.—A covered benefit described in this subsection is any of the following:
(1) Any payment otherwise required to be made with respect to a pay period for the compensation of the Member of Congress under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501).
(2) Serving as the chair or ranking minority member of any standing or select committee in the House of Representatives or the Senate or in a House or Senate leadership position.
(c) House or Senate Leadership Position Defined.—In this section, the term “House or Senate leadership position” means any of the following:
(1) The head of any office of the House of Representatives for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for a fiscal year is provided under the heading “House Leadership Offices” in the act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year involved.
(2) The President pro Tempore, Majority or Minority Leader, Majority or Minority Whip, chair of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee, or chair of the Majority or Minority Policy Committee of the Senate.
(d) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.—This section is enacted by Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution, and they supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
(e) Effective Date.—The prohibition under this section shall apply with respect to the One Hundred Twenty-First Congress and each succeeding Congress. <all>
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