Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 198 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 198

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
              repeal the seventeenth article of amendment.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2026

 Mr. Self (for himself, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harris
 of Maryland, Mr. Perry, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mrs. Biggs of South
  Carolina, and Mr. Cloud) submitted the following joint resolution;
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
              repeal the seventeenth article of amendment.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the several States within
ten years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The seventeenth article of amendment to the
Constitution is hereby repealed.
    ``Section 2. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect
the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as
part of the Constitution.''.
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