Providing for the consideration of the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 12) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

H. Res. 801 is a House of Representatives rules resolution that provides the specific terms for how the House will consider H. J. Res. 12, a joint resolution that would propose an amendment to the Constitution to limit the number of terms a Member of Congress may serve. The resolution establishes an expedited floor procedure: once adopted, the House must proceed immediately to consider H. J. Res. 12, it shall be read, and the “previous question” (a motion to end debate and proceed to a vote) will be considered as ordered toward adoption with only one hour of debate. That one hour of debate will be split equally and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary (or their designees). The resolution also excepts this consideration from applying Clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, meaning normal procedural limits on that process do not apply to this case. In short, this resolution sets up a fast-track, tightly controlled process for debating and voting on the constitutional amendment proposed by H. J. Res. 12, rather than changing the contents of the amendment itself.