[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 76 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 76

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
     limiting the terms of office of Senators and Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 1995

 Mr. Hilleary (for himself, Mr. Nethercutt, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. McIntosh, 
  Mr. Bryant of Tennessee, Mr. Graham, Mr. Royce, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
 Kingston, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Tate, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Weller, Mrs. Waldholtz, 
Mr. Latham, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bass, Mr. 
  Neumann, Mrs. Smith of Washington, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Largent, Mr. 
   Coburn, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Paxon, Mr. 
    Dickey, Mr. Klug, and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota) 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 
     limiting the terms of office of Senators and 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. 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.
    ``Section 2. Election as a Senator or Representative before this 
Article is ratified shall not be taken into account for purposes of 
section 1, except that any State limitation on service for Members of 
Congress from that State, whether enacted before, on, or after the date 
of the ratification of this Article shall be valid, if such limitation 
does not exceed the limitation set forth in section 1.''.
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