Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years an individual may serve as a Member of Congress.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 16.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H218):
  Article V of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 16, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/16

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  92dd64d83ac115420bf63c055e1eef96f59b3bff2fbe83f97d5718c8e2fbe062

  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. 16, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.