[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 16 Introduced in House (IH)]






105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 16

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
provide for four-year terms for Representatives and to limit the number 
      of consecutive terms Senators and Representatives may serve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

Mr. Goss 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 Representatives and to limit the number 
      of consecutive terms Senators and Representatives may serve.

    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 Representatives in Congress 
shall be four years, and the election of Representatives shall be held 
on the same day as the election of the President. Representatives shall 
be limited to three consecutive terms in office, and, after such terms, 
shall be eligible for subsequent election after an absence from the 
House of Representatives of four consecutive years.
    ``Section 2. Senators shall be limited to two consecutive terms in 
office, and, after such terms, shall be eligible for subsequent 
election after an absence from the Senate of four consecutive years.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, Representatives who have 
served two years of a term, and Senators who have served three years of 
a term, are deemed to have served a full term.
    ``Section 4. This article shall apply to terms of office of 
Senators and Representatives beginning after the date of ratification 
of this article.''.
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