[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 27 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 27

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 provide for four-year terms for Representatives, to provide that the 
    election of Representatives shall occur in the same year as the 
 election of the President, and to limit the number of terms Senators 
                     and Representatives may serve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 1997

Mr. Graham (for himself, Mrs. Fowler, and Mr. McCollum) 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, to provide that the 
    election of Representatives shall occur in the same year as the 
 election of the President, and to limit the number of 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. Representatives in Congress shall be elected every 
fourth year. An election of Representatives shall be held on the same 
day of the year as a Presidential election, except in the case of 
vacancies in the Representation of a State or the District constituting 
the seat of Government of the United States. This section shall apply 
to an election of Representatives in the year of a Presidential 
election occurring after the date of ratification of this article.
    ``Section 2. Representatives shall be limited to three terms in 
office, and Senators shall be limited to two terms in office.
    ``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. Section 2 and 3 of this article shall apply to terms 
of office of Representatives and Senators beginning after the first 
Presidential election occurring after the date of ratification of this 
article.''.
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