[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 8 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 8

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
 respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and 
                     the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

   Mr. Dingell (for himself and Mr. Barton of Texas) 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 number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and 
                     the House of 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. No person who has been elected to the Senate two times 
shall be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate. No person 
who has been elected to the House of Representatives six times shall be 
eligible for election to the House of Representatives.
    ``Section 2. Election as a Senator or Representative before this 
Article is ratified shall be taken into account for purposes of section 
1.''.
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