[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 22 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 22

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 limiting the number of consecutive terms for Members of the House of 
                    Representatives and the Senate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

   Mr. Solomon 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 number of consecutive terms for Members of the House of 
                    Representatives and the Senate.

    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 by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. A person may not serve any portion of a term as a 
Representative if the person has served as a Representative for more 
than one year of each of the six terms that immediately precede the 
term.
    ``Section 2. A person may not serve any portion of a term as a 
Senator if the person has served as a Senator for more than three years 
of each of the two terms that immediately precede the term.
    ``Section 3. This article shall not prevent a person who is serving 
any portion of a term as a Representative or Senator on the date of the 
ratification of this article from serving the remainder of the term.''.
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