[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 200 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 200

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 limiting the number of consecutive terms members of the United States 
             Senate and House of Representatives may serve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1993

  Mr. Dornan of California introduced 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 
 limiting the number of consecutive terms members of the United States 
             Senate and House of Representatives may serve.

    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 the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person may serve any term or portion thereof as a 
member of the United States House of Representatives if such person has 
served as a member of the House for each of the five terms, or a 
portion of any such term, immediately preceding such term.
    ``Section 2. No person may serve any term or portion thereof as a 
member of the United States Senate if such person has served as a 
member of the Senate for each of the two terms, or a portion of any 
such term, immediately preceding such term.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, service as a member in 
the United States Senate or House of Representatives in any term which 
commenced before the ratification of this article may not be included 
in determining the number of terms served.''.

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