[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 25 Introduced in House (IH)]




                                     


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 25

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
providing that no person may be elected to the House of Representatives 
 more than three times, and providing that no person may be elected to 
                       the Senate more than once.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Crane 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 
providing that no person may be elected to the House of Representatives 
 more than three times, and providing that no person may be elected to 
                       the Senate more than once.

    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. No person may be elected to the House of 
Representatives more than three times, and no person who has been a 
Member of the House of Representatives for one year of a term to which 
some other person was elected may be elected to the House of 
Representatives more than two additional times.
    ``Section. 2. No person may be elected or appointed to the Senate 
of the United States more than one time, and no person who has been a 
Senator for three years of a term to which some other person was 
elected or appointed may be elected to the Senate of the United States.
    ``Section. 3. Only elections occurring after ratification of this 
article shall be considered for purposes of sections 1 and 2.''.
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