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HR 258: Congress; call convention to set term limits on members elected to the House of Representatives; apply

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House Resolution 258

By: Representatives Hilton of the 48th, Sainz of the 180th, Mathiak of the 82nd, Clark of the 100th, Donatucci of the 105th, and others

A RESOLUTION

Applying to the United States Congress to call a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States requires Congress to call a convention limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution upon application of two-thirds of the states; and

WHEREAS, limiting the terms of members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate would be in the most immediate and best interest of the citizens of the nation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

GEORGIA that this body does hereby apply to the United States Congress to call a convention pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the sole and express purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application shall be considered as covering the same subject matter as the applications from other states to Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the House of Representatives of the United States and the Senate of the United States; and this application shall be aggregated with those of other states for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any other subject.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly of Georgia insists that the convention be solely limited to strict consideration of the subject matter contained in this resolution and that the United States Congress enact a severe criminal penalty for persons who violate the finite scope of the call.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same subject.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States; to the Speaker, Clerk, and Judiciary Committee Chairperson of the House of Representatives of the United States; to members of the General Assembly of Georgia; and to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation.