[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 73 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 73

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
    limit service by Representatives, Senators, and Federal judges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 1993

    Mr. Jacobs 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 service by Representatives, Senators, and Federal judges.

    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 as part 
of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths 
of the several States within seven years after the date of final 
passage of this joint resolution:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person may serve as a Representative in Congress 
for more than ten years during any twelve-year period.
    ``Section 2. No person may serve as a Senator in Congress for more 
then twelve years during any fourteen-year period.
    ``Section 3. No person may serve as a judge of the supreme Court or 
an inferior Court of the United States for more than ten years during 
any twelve-year period.
    ``Section 4. Time served in office prior to completion of 
ratification of this article shall not be included for purposes of 
section 1, 2, or 3.
    ``Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.

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