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This Joint Resolution is North Carolina's formal request to the United States Congress, as permitted by Article V of the U.S. Constitution, to convene a special convention of the states. The sole purpose of this convention would be to propose an amendment to the Constitution that would establish term limits for members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, meaning there would be a maximum number of terms an individual could serve in each chamber. The resolution directs the Secretary of State to send copies of this application to various federal officials and to the legislatures of other states, encouraging their cooperation. It also clarifies that this application will be counted towards the two-thirds of states needed to trigger such a convention, but only when combined with similar applications from other states specifically addressing term limits for Congress, and not for any other purpose. This application is considered ongoing until the required number of states have made similar requests.