[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 33 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 33

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
limit the terms of office for Representatives and Senators in Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1997

   Mrs. Fowler 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 
limit the terms of office for Representatives and Senators in Congress.

    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 --

    ``No person may serve more than four consecutive terms as 
Representative or two consecutive terms as Senator, not counting any 
term that began before the adoption of this article of amendment.''.
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