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HR 153

A resolution to reaffirm our support for the Twenty-Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing a two-term limit for the office of President of the United States.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Joey Andrews and 36 co-sponsors

H.R. 153 is a non-binding House resolution reaffirming support for the Twenty-Second Amendment's two-term limit and rejecting any effort to weaken or subvert it.

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Bill Summary · HR 153

Summary — H.R. 153 (2025): Resolution reaffirming support for the Twenty‑Second Amendment

Status: Introduced Sept 2, 2025; referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Classification: House resolution (non‑binding)
Primary sponsors (as provided): Kerwin; Mike Ezell; Edna Jackson; Inga Willis; MATAYOSHI; Beryl Amedee. Co‑sponsors listed include Pablo José Hernández and Stacey E. Plaskett.
Related/companion measures: S.1619 (companion); HCR 158 (companion)

Purpose / intent

H.R. 153 is a declaratory resolution in the House of Representatives that reaffirms support for the Twenty‑Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which limits service in the office of President to two elected terms. The resolution is intended to: (1) restate the importance of the two‑term presidential norm codified by the Amendment; (2) emphasize term limits as a safeguard against executive over‑concentration of power; and (3) formally reject any effort or claim intended to undermine, weaken, amend, ignore, or subvert the Twenty‑Second Amendment.

Key provisions

  • Reaffirms support for the Twenty‑Second Amendment and restates its operative language:
    • “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”
  • States the constitutional and normative rationale: references Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms as the historical impetus and notes that term limits serve as a guard against executive aggrandizement and democratic backsliding.
  • Explicitly rejects any claim or attempt by any individual to delegitimize, weaken, amend, ignore, or subvert the Twenty‑Second Amendment.

Legal effect and scope

  • H.R. 153 is a resolution expressing the sense/position of the House; it is non‑binding and does not alter statutory law or the Constitution.
  • It carries no enforcement mechanism and cannot by itself change presidential term‑limit rules. Any formal change to the Twenty‑Second Amendment would require the constitutional amendment process (two‑thirds of both chambers of Congress and ratification by three‑fourths of state legislatures).

Who is affected / likely impact

  • Direct legal impact: none. The measure is symbolic and political.
  • Practical impact: it publicly records the House’s opposition to any efforts to remove or weaken presidential term limits, potentially shaping public debate, signaling congressional intent, and reinforcing the existing constitutional norm.
  • May be cited in discussions about executive power, term‑limits debates, or related legislative proposals.

Procedural notes

  • Introduced Sept. 2, 2025 and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
  • Companion measures exist in other chambers (S.1619, HCR 158), which may reflect parallel efforts to express similar positions elsewhere.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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