[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 74 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. J. RES. 74

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
provide 8-year terms of offices for judges of Federal courts other than 
                           the Supreme Court.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1997

Mr. Riggs 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 
provide 8-year terms of offices for judges of Federal courts other than 
                           the Supreme Court.

    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--

    ``The term of office for a judge of a court ordained and 
established by Congress shall be 8 years. Any time (but not more than 6 
years) served as a judge before the date of the ratification of this 
article of amendment shall be counted toward the first term of that 
judge under this article.''.
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