H.J.Res. 39 (114th): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Several resolutions introduced in this Congress would propose a constitutional amendment creating term limits for members of Congress. There are three different proposals across nine separate resolutions. All would create a 12-year limit for the Senate, but members of the House would be limited to — depending on the proposal — six years as Presidential Candidate Donald Trump recently proposed, ...
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Overview

Introduced:

Mar 26, 2015114th Congress, 2015–2017

Status:

Died in a previous Congress

This resolution was introduced on March 26, 2015, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

H.J.Res. 39 (114th) was a joint resolution in the United States Congress.

A joint resolution is often used in the same manner as a bill. If passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and signed by the President, it becomes a law. Joint resolutions are also used to propose amendments to the Constitution.

This joint resolution was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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