[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 221 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 221

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
           limit the terms of office for Members of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 1993

   Mr. McCrery 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 to 
           limit the terms of office for Members of Congress.

    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, to be valid only if 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person may serve any portion of a term as 
Representative if at the completion of that term the person would have 
served as a Representative for more than six and one-half terms.
    ``Section 2. No person may serve any portion of a term as Senator 
if at the completion of that term the person would have served as a 
Senator for more than two and one half terms.
    ``Section 3. No person holding office on the date of the adoption 
of this article of amendment shall be prevented by reason of this 
article of amendment from completing that person's term of office.''.

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