HR 111 — A Concurrent Resolution calling for a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to consider amendments that limit the number of terms that members of Congress may serve.

PRINTER'S NO.   935

                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 111
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, MARCH 13, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
        OPERATIONS, MARCH 13, 2025


                          A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1   Calling for a convention under Article V of the Constitution of
 2      the United States to consider amendments that limit the
 3      number of terms that members of Congress may serve.
 4      WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
 5   places substantial authority and responsibility upon the
 6   legislatures of the several states to ensure that the Federal
 7   Government and each of its branches remain within their
 8   enumerated powers and remain protective of the rights of the
 9   people; and
10      WHEREAS, A variety of important movements have arisen within
11   the legislatures of the several states to address a wide variety
12   of concerns that may be appropriately addressed within the
13   context of Article V; and
14      WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
15   Pennsylvania wishes to address these various approaches in a
16   bipartisan and complementary manner; and
17      WHEREAS, An agreement to call for an Article V convention
18   does not commit the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
 1   Pennsylvania to approve any proposal that may arise from any
 2   subsequent convention; and
 3      WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
 4   Pennsylvania is simply exercising its will to engage in a formal
 5   process with other states to give full and authoritative
 6   consideration to various proposals consistent with the topics
 7   expressed by each of the applications that follow, and which are
 8   only valid when formally ratified by three-fourths of the
 9   several states; therefore be it
10      RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
11   of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby make application to
12   the Congress of the United States, as provided by Article V of
13   the Constitution of the United States, to call a convention
14   limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
15   United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a
16   person may be elected to serve as a member of the United States
17   Senate and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person
18   may be elected to serve as a member of the United States House
19   of Representatives; and be it further
20      RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
21   Pennsylvania transmit copies of this application to the
22   President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States,
23   Judiciary Committee Chairman of the Senate of the United States,
24   the Speaker, Clerk and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House
25   of Representatives of the United States, and to each member of
26   Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and be it
27   further
28      RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
29   Pennsylvania transmit copies of this application to the
30   presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the

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 1   several states requesting their cooperation; and be it further
 2      RESOLVED, That this application be considered as covering the
 3   same subject matter as the applications from other states to
 4   Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of
 5   terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United
 6   States Senate and the United States House of Representatives;
 7   and be it further
 8      RESOLVED, That this application be aggregated with the
 9   applications of the other states for the purpose of attaining
10   the two-thirds of states necessary to require the Congress of
11   the United States to call a limited convention on this subject
12   and may not be aggregated with any other applications that seek
13   a convention to address any other subject; and be it further
14      RESOLVED, That this application constitute a continuing
15   application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of
16   the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds
17   of the several states have made applications on the same
18   subject.




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