House joint resolution · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 29.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HOLDING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H603):Article V of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 29, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/29
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Garcia (R-CA), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7775 (116th) To amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.