[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1570 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1570

    Reaffirming the validity and applicability of the Twenty-second 
                               Amendment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2024

 Mr. Goldman of New York submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Reaffirming the validity and applicability of the Twenty-second 
                               Amendment.

Whereas, President-elect Donald Trump told Republican members of the House of 
        Representatives, on November 13, 2024, that ``I suspect I won't be 
        running again unless you say he's so good we got to figure something 
        else out.'';
Whereas, on July 26, 2024, President-elect Trump told attendees of a 
        conservative Christian event that they ``won't have to vote anymore'' if 
        he is elected in November, adding ``it'll be fixed so good, you're not 
        going to have to vote'';
Whereas, on May 19, 2024, President-elect Trump openly mused about serving a 
        third Presidential term while speaking to the National Rifle 
        Association, asking the crowd ``I don't know, are we going to be 
        considered three-term or two-term?'', and ``are we three term or two 
        term if we win?'';
Whereas, on April 12, 2024, when asked by a TIME magazine reporter whether 
        individuals in the United States should be concerned about his ``talk of 
        dictatorship'', President-elect Trump stated that he thinks ``a lot of 
        people like it'';
Whereas, a contributor to Project 2025 has advocated for the repeal of the 
        Twenty-second Amendment because it is an ``arbitrary restraint'' that 
        would ``constrain'' a future Trump Presidency;
Whereas, on December 7, 2023, President-elect Trump told Fox News that he would 
        be a dictator on ``day one'';
Whereas, then-President Trump shared a video on Twitter on June 21, 2019, 
        February 5, 2020, and August 4, 2020, that depicts him remaining in 
        office indefinitely;
Whereas, on September 13, 2020, then-President Trump told rallygoers in Nevada, 
        ``we're going to win four more years in the White House. And then after 
        that, we'll negotiate, right? Because we're probably-based on the way we 
        were treated-we are probably entitled to another four after that'';
Whereas, on August 17, 2020, then-President Trump told rallygoers in Wisconsin, 
        ``We are going to win four more years. And then after that, we'll go for 
        another four years because they spied on my campaign. We should get a 
        redo of four years'';
Whereas, on June 24, 2019, in an interview with The Hill, then-President Trump 
        floated the idea of staying in office for more than two terms; ``Well, 
        we have to go through the six years or whatever it may be when--when you 
        know, would I like to get a ride out of some of your compatriots, say, 
        go through the six, 10, 14, maybe 18 years, whatever it may be'';
Whereas, on June 16, 2019, then-President Trump asked his Twitter followers that 
        after a potential second term, ``do you think the people would demand 
        that I stay longer?'';
Whereas, on May 20, 2019, at a campaign event in Pennsylvania then-President 
        Trump mused about serving five terms in the White House, telling the 
        crowd that after winning in 2020, ``maybe if we really like it a lot and 
        if things keep going like they're going, we'll go and we'll do what we 
        have to do. We'll do a three and a four and a five'';
Whereas, on April 18, 2019, then-President Trump told a crowd that he might 
        remain in the Oval Office ``at least for 10 or 14 years'';
Whereas, on April 12, 2018, in a speech to Members of Congress touting his tax 
        law, then-President Trump mused about staying in office beyond two 
        Presidential terms, asking Members, ``Should we go back to sixteen 
        years? Should we do that? Congressman, can we do that?''; and
Whereas, on March 3, 2018, then-President Trump expressed an interest in being 
        ``President for life'', stating that Chinese President Xi Jinping ``was 
        able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a 
        shot someday'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) reaffirms that the Twenty-second Amendment applies to 
        two terms in the aggregate as President of the United States; 
        and
            (2) reaffirms that the Twenty-second Amendment applies to 
        President-elect President Trump.
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