[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 55 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 55

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 relative to the commencement of the terms of office of the President, 
                Vice President, and Members of Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 1996

  Mr. Pell 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 the commencement of the terms of office of the President, 
                Vice President, and Members of Congress.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMMENCEMENT OF TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE 
              PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    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 States within seven years after 
the date of its submission to the States for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``The term of the office of the President and Vice President shall 
end at noon on the tenth day of December, and the term of a Senator and 
Representative at noon on the first day of December, of the year 
preceding the year in which their term would have ended if this article 
had not been ratified.''.
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