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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 5.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H43):
  Article 5. The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the U.S. Constitution to provide term limits for Members of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  130 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 5, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/5

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  941a684114449b3f20ec63b76881ee03d7b942c5288718bd20eedde8056c19ba

  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 October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 5, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.