[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 99 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 99

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
       limiting the number of terms for Members of the House of 
                    Representatives and the Senate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1993

  Mr. Hutchinson 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 terms for Members of the House of 
                    Representatives and the Senate.

    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. A person may not be elected as a Representative more 
than six times. A person may not be elected or appointed as a Senator 
more than two times.
    ``Section 2. For purposes of this article, the election of a person 
to fill a vacancy in the representation of a State in the House of 
Representatives shall not be included in determining the number of 
times the person has been elected as a Representative if the person 
fills the vacancy for less than two years, and the election or 
appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the representation of a 
State in the Senate shall not be included in determining the number of 
times the person has been elected as a Senator if the person fills the 
vacancy for less than three years.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, an election which occurs 
before the date of the ratification of this article shall not be 
included in determining the number of times a person has been elected 
as a Representative or Senator.''.

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