[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 82 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 82

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 relating to the terms of office of Senators, Representatives, and the 
                     President and Vice President.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 1995

   Mr. Mascara 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 
 relating to the terms of office of Senators, Representatives, and the 
                     President and Vice President.

    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 a Representative in Congress 
shall be four years.
    ``Section 2. No person who has been elected to the Senate two times 
shall thereafter be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate. 
No person who has been elected to the House of Representatives a total 
of three four-year terms, shall thereafter be eligible for election to 
the House of Representatives.
    ``Section 3. For the purposes of determining eligibility for 
election under section 2, service of more than three years of a Senate 
term to which some other person was elected, or service of more than 
two years of a House term, shall count as an election.
    ``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. The term of office of President and Vice President 
shall be six years. No person who has been elected President or Vice 
President for a six-year term shall thereafter be eligible for election 
to the office of President or Vice President.
    ``Section 6. This article shall apply with respect to terms of 
office beginning more than one year after the date of the ratification 
of this article.''.
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