[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 107 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 107

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                regarding congressional pay and pension.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 1995

   Mr. Stockman 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 
                regarding congressional pay and pension.
    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 for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The Senators and Representatives shall receive 
compensation for their services or be reimbursed for expenses incurred 
with respect to such services only from the treasury of the State which 
they represent in Congress, in an amount to be determined by an act of 
the legislature of the State.
    ``Section 2. No Senator or Representative shall be provided any 
pension from the Treasury of the United States for any service in 
Congress after the effective date of this amendment.''.
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