[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 86 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 86

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give 
  citizens of the United States the right to recall elected officials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 1997

   Mr. Hoekstra 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 give 
  citizens of the United States the right to recall elected officials.

    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 people shall have the right to recall any person elected by 
popular vote or the electors of the various States to hold an office of 
the Federal Government.''.
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