[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 41 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 41

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
       provide for a four-year term for Members of the House of 
                            Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

   Mr. Slattery 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 
       provide for a four-year term 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, 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 by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The term of office of Representatives shall be four 
years and shall begin at noon on the third day of January of the year 
in which the term of office of the President begins.
    ``Sec. 2. Any Representative who officially declares the candidacy 
of the Representative for election to the Senate shall resign the seat 
of the Representative at the time of the declaration.
    ``Sec. 3. This article shall take effect at noon on the third day 
of January of the first year in which the term of office of the 
President begins and which is more than two years after the date of its 
ratification.''.

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