[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 34 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 34

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
              limit terms of Representatives and Senators.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1997

Ms. Furse 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 terms of Representatives and Senators.

    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. A person may not be elected to serve a term as a 
Representative if the person has been elected to serve as a 
Representative for each of the three terms that immediately precede the 
term.
    ``Section 2. A person may not be elected to serve a term as a 
Senator if the person has been elected to serve as a Senator for each 
of the two terms that immediately precede the term.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, the election or 
appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the representation of a 
State in the House of Representatives shall be included as one term in 
determining the number of times the person has been elected as a 
Representative if the person fills the vacancy for less than two years, 
and the election or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the 
representation of a State in the Senate shall be included as one term 
in determining the number of times the person has been elected as a 
Senator if the person fills the vacancy for less than six years.
    ``Section 4. For the purposes of this article, an election which 
occurs before the date of the ratification of this article shall not be 
included in determining the number of times a person has been elected 
as a Representative or Senator.''.
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