[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 36 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 36

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
      limiting the number of consecutive terms that Senators and 
                       Representatives may serve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Kolbe 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 that Senators and 
                       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 7 years from the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. A person may not hold the office of Senator if, by the 
end of the term of the Senator holding the office during or immediately 
before the most recent election for the office, the person will have 
held (or, but for resignation, would have held) the office for 2 full 
consecutive terms.
    ``Section 2. A person may not hold the office of Representative if, 
by the end of the term of the Representative holding the office during 
or immediately before the most recent election for the office, the 
person will have held (or, but for resignation, would have held) the 
office for 3 full consecutive terms.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, a term shall be 
considered to be consecutive with another term unless the terms are 
separated by at least 1 full intervening term.
    ``Section 4. For purposes of this article, a person who is elected 
or appointed to fill a vacancy in the representation of any State in 
the Congress and who serves at least one-half of the term of the office 
to which the person was elected or appointed shall be considered to 
have held the office for a full term.
    ``Section 5. This article shall apply to Senators and 
Representatives who are elected or appointed on or after the first day 
that this article is valid as part of the Constitution. Any term as a 
Senator or Representative for which a person was elected or appointed 
before such day shall not be counted for purposes of applying sections 
1 and 2.''.

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