US Congress House Joint Resolution 17 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than two consecutive terms as a Senator or six consecutive terms as a Representative.

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

Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. James Comer [R-KY]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-01-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-04	House	Introduced in House

HJR6 (Related) 2017-01-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
HJR13 (Related) 2017-01-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
HJR20 (Related) 2017-01-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
HJR101 (Related) 2017-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
SJR2 (Related) 2017-01-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SJR51 (Related) 2017-12-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/17/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hjres17/BILLS-115hjres17ih.pdf