89R5324 MLH-D     By: Toth H.J.R. No. 118       A JOINT RESOLUTION   applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention   under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited   purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the   terms of office of members of Congress.          WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides   that on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the   several states, the United States Congress shall call a convention   for proposing an amendment to that constitution; now, therefore, be   it          RESOLVED, That, the 89th Texas Legislature hereby makes an   application to Congress, as provided by Article V of the   Constitution of the United States of America, to call a convention   limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United   States of America to set a limit on the number of terms that a person   may be elected as a Member of the United States House of   Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a   person may be elected as a Member of the United States Senate; and,   be it further          RESOLVED, That, the Secretary of State is hereby directed to   transmit copies of this application to the President and Secretary   of the Senate of the United States and to the Speaker, Clerk and   Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House of Representatives of the   Congress of the United States, and copies to the members of the said   Senate and House of Representatives from this State; also to   transmit copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of the   legislative houses in the several States, requesting their   cooperation; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That, this application shall be considered as   covering the same subject matter as the applications from other   States to Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number   of terms that a person may be elected to the House of   Representatives of the Congress of the United States and the Senate   of the United States; and this application shall be aggregated with   same for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states   necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this   subject, but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on   any other subject; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That, this application constitutes a continuing   application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the   United States of America until the legislatures of at least   two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same   subject.