House joint resolution · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms a Representative or Senator may serve.
Sponsor: Rep. Raul Labrador R-IDWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 50.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LABRADOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 16, January 31, 2017, Page H821):Article 5: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 554 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 50, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/50
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
828c2ef4724c08d6389e1960a3a4852cd8ef8691ad9cc2ef49c04b3b50a71bc9
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jody Hice (R-GA), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Roe (R-TN), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1454 (115th) Future Logging Careers Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.