PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 201. (consideration: CR S3892)
Congressional Research Service
Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Sep 29, 1995
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the election of any person to a full term as a Senator more than twice or to a full term as a Representative more than six times. Bars any person who has been: (1) a Senator for more than three years of a term to which another person was elected from being subsequently elected more than once; and (2) a Representative for more than a year of a term to which another person was elected from being subsequently elected more than five times. Prohibits any election or service occurring before ratification of this amendment from being taken into account when determining eligibility.
People & committees
Sen. Thompson, Fred [R-TN] · R–TN
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 201. (consideration: CR S3892)
Cloture on the committee substitute not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-42. Record Vote No: 79. (consideration: CR S3879)
Senate roll call 79 · Individual votesConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3805-3817, S3864-3880)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3769-3786)
Cloture motion on the committee substitute presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S3729)
Motion by Senator Thompson to recommit to Senate Committee on Judiciary made in Senate. (consideration: CR S3716)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3715-3725, S3727-3729)
By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 104-158. Additional and minority views filed.
By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 104-158. Additional and minority views filed.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 201.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property.
Committee on Judiciary. Committee consideration held.
Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1235-1236)
Introduced in Senate
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
Source last updated: Aug 10, 2026. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze S.J.Res.21 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine S.J.Res.21 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine S.J.Res.21 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine S.J.Res.21 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.