[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 5 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 5

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. McCollum (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Talent, and Mr. Graham) 
 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 with 
         respect to the terms of Senators and Representatives.

    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. The term of office of a Representative in Congress 
shall be four years and shall coincide with the term of the President 
of the United States.
    ``Section 2. No person who has been elected for a full term to the 
Senate two times shall be eligible for election or appointment to the 
Senate. No person who has been elected for a full term to the House of 
Representatives three times shall be eligible for election to the House 
of Representatives.
    ``Section 3. No person who has served as a Senator for more than 
three years of a term shall subsequently be eligible for election to 
the Senate more than once. No person who has served as a Representative 
for more than two years shall subsequently be eligible for election to 
the House of Representatives more than two times.
    ``Section 4. No election or service occurring before this article 
becomes operative shall be taken into account when determining 
eligibility for election under this article.
    ``Section 5. No Member of one House of Congress may, except in the 
final year of that Member's current term, qualify under applicable 
State law as a candidate for the other House of Congress, unless that 
Member has resigned from the House in which that Member currently 
serves.
    ``Section 6. This article shall apply with respect to terms of 
office of Representatives and Senators beginning after the first day of 
the year immediately following the first presidential election after 
ratification of this article.''.
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