[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 52 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 52

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
providing for 4-year terms for Representatives and limiting the service 
              of Senators and Representatives to 12 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 1995

  Mr. Peterson of Florida 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 for 4-year terms for Representatives and limiting the service 
              of Senators and Representatives to 12 years.

    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 7 years from the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of 
Members chosen every 4th year by the people of the several States. The 
terms of Representatives shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January 
of the years that occur 2 years after the years in which the term of 
the President begins.
    ``Section 2. A person may not be a Senator if the person has been a 
Senator for more than 12 years during the lifetime of the person. A 
person may not be a Representative if the person has been a 
Representative for more than 12 years during the lifetime of the 
person. Any term as a Senator or Representative for which a person is 
elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the representation of any 
State in the Congress may not be counted for purposes of computing the 
12-year limits in this section.
    ``Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 shall apply only to Representatives 
who are elected on or after the date occurring 1 year after the 1st day 
that this article is valid as part of the Constitution and on which the 
electors of the President and the Vice President are chosen.
    ``Section 4. Section 2 shall apply only to Senators who are elected 
or appointed on or after the date occurring 1 year after the 1st day 
that this article is valid as part of the Constitution and on which the 
electors of the President and the Vice President are chosen.''.
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