[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 34 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 34

   Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 28 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

  Mr. Brown 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 (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 if 
ratified by the conventions of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after its submission to the States for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No Senator shall serve more than two consecutive terms 
of the Senate, and no Representative shall serve more than six 
consecutive terms in the House of Representatives. This limitation on 
the number of terms shall apply to terms of office beginning on or 
after the date of ratification of this article. Senate terms shall not 
be considered to be consecutive if one term begins at least four years 
after the preceding term.
    ``For the purposes of this section, any person appointed or elected 
to fill a vacancy in the Congress and who serves at least one-half of a 
term of office shall be deemed to have served a term in that office.
    ``Section 2. Additional restrictions and regulations on those 
qualified to be candidates for election to Congress may be enacted in 
each State by the legislature thereof or by ballot initiative.''.

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