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This joint resolution would start the process to amend the Constitution so that no one can be elected President more than three times. It also says that a person could not win another term after serving two straight terms, and it would limit some former presidents even more if they served more than two years of another president’s term.
- The change would apply only if two-thirds of both the House and Senate agree to it and three-fourths of the states ratify it.
- It says no person may be elected President more than three times.
- It also says no person may be elected to another term after already being elected twice in a row.
- If someone has already served as President, or acted as President, for more than two years of another person’s term, that person could be elected President no more than twice.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the number of times a person may be elected President.
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 President became President for the remaining three years of the term, that person may subsequently be elected President no more than two times).
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.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 29 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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:
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``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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