[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 49 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 49

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1997

 Mr. Hutchinson (for himself and Mr. Dickey) 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:

                 ``Congressional Term Limits Amendment

    ``Section A. No person shall serve in the office of United States 
Representative for more than three terms, but upon ratification of the 
Congressional Term Limits 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 B. No person shall serve in the office of United States 
Senator for more than two terms, but upon ratification of the 
Congressional Term Limits Amendment no person who has held the office 
of United States Senator or who then holds the office shall serve more 
than one additional term.
    ``Section C. This article shall have no time limit within which it 
must be ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States.''.
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