[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 368 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 368

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
providing for 4-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1994

  Mr. Hutto (for himself, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Ms. Harman, Mr. 
 McCurdy, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. 
Callahan, Mr. Stump, Mr. Everett, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Roth, Mr. Martinez, 
 and Mr. Solomon) 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 
providing for 4-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives.

    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 7 years after the date of final passage of this joint 
resolution:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of 
Members chosen by the people of the several States, and the electors in 
each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the 
most numerous branch of the State legislature. The term of office of 
Representatives shall be 4 years, except that in the case of 
Representatives elected from odd-numbered districts the term of office 
of the first incumbents elected following a reapportionment of 
Representatives shall be 2 years and in the case of Representatives 
elected from even-numbered districts the term of office of the last 
incumbents elected before a reapportionment of Representatives shall be 
2 years.
    ``Section 2. Districts for the election of Representatives from 
each State, whether composed of the whole or a part thereof, shall be 
numbered consecutively, beginning with the first, and corresponding to 
the number of Representatives to which such State is entitled.
    ``Section 3. Section 1 of this article shall apply with respect to 
terms of office of Representatives beginning after the first 
reapportionment of Representatives after the ratification of this 
article.
    ``Section 4. A Representative who officially declares candidacy for 
another elected office of which the term begins before the end of that 
Representative's term of office as Representative shall resign from the 
office of Representative at the time of the declaration.
    ``Section 5. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.''.

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