[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 6 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 6

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
limiting the terms of offices of Members of Congress and increasing the 
                 term of Representatives to four years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

Mr. Coble 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 
limiting the terms of offices of Members of Congress and increasing the 
                 term of Representatives to four years.

    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 Representatives shall be four 
years.
    ``No person shall be elected to the office of Representative more 
than three times, excluding any election of a person to fill a vacancy 
of an office of a Representative if such person has held such office 
for less than two years.
    ``The second clause of this section shall not apply to any person 
who is a Representative on the date of ratification of this Article so 
long as such person continues thereafter to be a Representative without 
an interruption in service.
    ``Section 2. No person shall be elected to the office of Senator 
more than twice, excluding any election of a person to fill a vacancy 
of an office of a Senator if such person has held such office for less 
than three years.
    ``This section shall not apply to any person who is a Senator on 
the date of ratification of this Article so long as such person 
continues thereafter to be a Senator without an interruption in 
service.''.
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