[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 12 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 12

   Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

Mr. DeConcini (for himself and Mr. Exon) introduced the following joint 
 resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
   Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, 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 if ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 
several States within seven years after its submission for 
ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person shall be elected to the Senate for more than 
two full terms. No person shall be elected to the House of 
Representatives for more than six full terms.
    ``Section 2. Notwithstanding section 1, a person may serve not more 
than fourteen years as a Senator and not more than thirteen years as a 
Representative.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of determining eligibility for election 
under section 1, no election occurring before the date on which this 
article is ratified shall be taken into account. For purposes of 
determining years of service under section 2, no service of any part of 
a term of office of a Senator or Representative elected to such term 
before the date this article is ratified shall be taken into 
account.''.

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