Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 60.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIMMONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 179, October 12, 2021, Page H5632):
  Article V of the Constitution: 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; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  867 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 60, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hjres/60

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e64e5ba2db59a96d0c46146352409f7dab81c5edba9b775459fae97fdbf19a1

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