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HJRES 38 106th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Constitutional amendments Law Presidential term of office Term limits

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States repealing the twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution.

Introduced: March 11, 1999 Introduced by: Hoyer, Steny H. Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 11, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 11, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the 22d amendment to the Constitution (limitation on presidential terms).

What's happening now March 18, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 11, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 38: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States repealing the twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HJRES-38/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 38: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States repealing the twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HJRES-38/.
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H.J. Res. 38, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HJRES-38/.
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[H.J. Res. 38: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States repealing the twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HJRES-38/)
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