[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 38 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  H. J. RES. 38

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 limit the terms of Representatives and Senators, and to provide for a 
                  four-year term for Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Orton 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 to 
 limit the terms of Representatives and Senators, and to provide for a 
                  four-year term for 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), 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 term of office of Representatives shall be four 
years and shall begin at noon on the third day of January of the year 
in which the term of office of the President begins.
    ``Section 2. No person shall be elected to the office of 
Representative more than three times, excluding any election of a 
person to fill a vacancy of an office of a Representative if such 
person has held such office for less than two years. No person shall be 
elected to the office of Senator more than twice, excluding any 
election of a person to fill a vacancy of an office of a Senator if 
such person has held such office for less than three years. For 
purposes of this section, an election which occurs before the date of 
the ratification of this article shall not be included in determining 
the number of times a person has been elected as a Representative or 
Senator.''.
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