[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 75 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 75

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
provide for four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives 
    and to provide that Members may not serve more than three terms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1995

Ms. Eshoo 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 
provide for four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives 
    and to provide that Members may not serve more than three terms.

    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 House of Representatives shall be composed of 
members chosen every fourth year by the people of the several States. 
The terms of Representatives shall begin at noon on the third day of 
January of the years that occur two years after the years in which the 
term of the President begins.
    ``Section 2. No person who has been elected to three four-year 
terms or who has served twelve years in the House of Representatives 
shall be eligible for election to the House of Representatives.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, the election of a person 
to fill a vacancy in the representation of a State in the House of 
Representatives shall not be included in determining the number of 
times or the number of years the person has been elected as a 
Representative.
    ``Section 4. Time served in office before this article becomes 
valid as a part of the Constitution shall be included in determining 
the amount of time a person has served as a Representative.''.
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