House joint resolution · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 120.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAGAZINER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 149, September 11, 2025, Page H4266):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 120, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/120
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
851ce475d61cce764f5dcfdf211561e481b6efecbcef902a6bef358ff2226d0a
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 June 5, 2026). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Seth Magaziner.
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- H.R. 396 (119th) TRUST in Congress Act
- H.R. 6731 (119th) Restore Trust in Government Act
- H.R. 4763 (119th) PTO Act
- H.R. 5048 (119th) Don’t STEAL Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.