[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 19 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 19

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
               relative to limiting congressional terms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 17 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

  Mr. Brown introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
               relative to limiting congressional 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 from the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person shall be elected to three consecutive terms 
in the Senate. No person shall be elected to seven consecutive terms in 
the House of Representatives.
    ``Section 2. Election or appointment to a partial term shall not 
count against the limitations of section 1.
    ``Section 3. This article shall apply to elections following the 
date of ratification of this article.''.
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