[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 23 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 23

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
provide for four-year terms for Representatives and to provide that no 
    person may serve as a Representative for more than twelve years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

Mr. Stump 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 provide that no 
    person may serve as a Representative for more than twelve years.

    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. The term of office of a Representative shall be four 
years, beginning with the first election of Representatives occurring 
after this article becomes operative.
    ``Section 2. No person may serve more than twelve years as a 
Representative. But this Article shall not prevent any person holding 
the office of Representative during the term within which this article 
becomes operative from holding the office of Representative during the 
remainder of such term.''.
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