119-hjres29

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times.

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Introduced:
Jan 23, 2025
Policy Area:
Government Operations and Politics

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Jan 23, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 23, 2025 00
<p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the number of times a person may be elected President.</p><p>The proposed amendment specifies that no person shall be elected to the office of the President (1) more than three times, (2) for any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, or (3) more than twice after having served as President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President (for example, if a President died after serving for one year and the Vice&nbsp;President became President for the remaining three years of the term, that person may subsequently be elected President no more than two times).</p><p>Currently, under the Twenty-Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a person may not be elected President more than twice. Additionally, no person who has been President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President may be elected President more than once.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 23, 2025

Subjects (3)

Constitution and constitutional amendments Government Operations and Politics (Policy Area) Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 23, 2025

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Length: 1,734 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 23, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:24 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 29 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 29

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
provide that no person shall be elected to the office of the President
more than three times.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 23, 2025

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

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
provide that no person shall be elected to the office of the President
more than three times.

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--

``No person shall be elected to the office of the President more
than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being
elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office
of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term
to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to
the office of the President more than twice.''.
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