Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting Congress the authority to enact laws limiting the number of terms that Representatives and Senators may serve.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 4.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRIDENSTINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H53):
  Article V of the Constitution which grants Congress the authority to propose Constitutional Amendments.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 4, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/4

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7611864f0222aa092c16565250cd995eb07efaa1415d2959c33a48a2e383437e

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 4, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.