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[H.J. Res. 2 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  House Calendar No. 27
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 2

                          [Report No. 104-67]

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
 respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and 
                     the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. McCollum, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, and Mr. LoBiondo 
(for themselves, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Allard, Mr. Armey, Mr. 
 Bachus, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Barr, 
   Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Bass, Mr. 
   Bereuter, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Blute, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
 Brownback, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Burr, Mr. Buyer, 
   Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
Christensen, Mr. Coble, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Cooley, Mr. Crane, 
Mr. Cremeans, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
     Dickey, Mr. Doolittle, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. English of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Everett, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Fields of Texas, 
   Mr. Flanagan, Mr. Foley, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
  Franks of Connecticut, Mr. Frisa, Mr. Funderburk, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
Ganske, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, Mr. Greenwood, 
Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hancock, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of 
 Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
   Hoke, Mr. Horn, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Inglis of South 
Carolina, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kim, Mr. Kingston, 
Mr. Klug, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Latham, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
 Lazio of New York, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Linder, Mr. 
   Lucas, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Martini, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. 
 McKeon, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Mica, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
Minge, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Ney, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Nussle, Mr. 
 Packard, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Portman, Ms. Pryce, Mr. Quinn, Mr. 
  Ramstad, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
Saxton, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Schaefer, Mrs. Seastrand, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
   Shaw, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Solomon, Mr. 
Souder, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Stump, Mr. Talent, Mr. Taylor of 
North Carolina, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. Upton, 
  Mrs. Waldholtz, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Weller, Mr. White, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
    Wilson, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. Zimmer, and Mr. McInnis) introduced the 
following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

                             March 6, 1995

Additional sponsors: Mr. Hayes, Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, Mr. Walker, Mr. 
                 Deutsch, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Goodling
 Deleted sponsors: Mr. Allard (added January 4, 1995; deleted February 
7, 1995), Mr. Brownback (added January 4, 1995; deleted March 6, 1995), 
Mr. Christensen (added January 4, 1995; deleted February 24, 1995), Mr. 
Hilleary (added January 4, 1995; deleted March 1, 1995), Mr. Kim (added 
   January 4, 1995; deleted February 22, 1995), Mr. McIntosh (added 
January 4, 1995; deleted March 1, 1995), Mrs. Myrick (added January 4, 
1995; deleted March 6, 1995), Mr. Royce (added January 4, 1995; deleted 
March 1, 1995), Mrs. Seastrand (added January 4, 1995; deleted March 3, 
  1995), and Mr. Talent (added January 4, 1995; deleted February 13, 
                                 1995)

                             March 6, 1995

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered 
                             to be printed
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
 respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and 
                     the House of Representatives.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), <DELETED>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 from the date of its submission by the Congress:

                     <DELETED>``Article--</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``No person who has been elected to the Senate two times 
shall be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate. No person 
who has been elected to the House of Representatives six times shall be 
eligible for election to the House of Representatives.''.</DELETED>
That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person who has been elected for a full term to the 
Senate two consecutive times shall be eligible for election or 
appointment to the Senate for a third consecutive term. No person who 
has been elected for a full term to the House of Representatives six 
consecutive times shall be eligible for election to the House of 
Representatives for a seventh consecutive term.
    ``Section 2. Service as a Senator or Representative for more than 
half of a term to which someone else was originally elected shall be 
considered an election for the purposes of section 1.
    ``Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have 
been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States 
by the Congress.
    ``Section 4. No election or service occurring before this article 
becomes operative shall be taken into account when determining 
eligibility for election under this article.
    ``Section 5. No provision of any State statute or constitution 
shall diminish or enhance, directly or indirectly, the limits set by 
this article.''.




                                                  House Calendar No. 27

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. J. RES. 2

                          [Report No. 104-67]

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
 respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and 
                     the House of Representatives.

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                             March 6, 1995

       Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed