[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 46 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 46

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 1997

 Mr. Christensen 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.

    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:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person shall serve in the office of United States 
Representative for more than three terms, but upon ratification of this 
amendment no person who has held the office of United States 
Representative or who then holds the office shall serve for more than 
two additional terms.
    ``Section 2. No person shall serve in the office of United States 
Senator for more than two terms, but upon ratification of this 
amendment no person who has held the office of United States Senator or 
who holds the office shall serve more than one additional term.
    ``Section 3. This article shall have no time limit within which it 
must be ratified to become operative upon the ratification of the 
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States.''.
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