[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 16 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 16

   Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 1997

 Mr. Ashcroft (for himself, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
    Bond, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Burns, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
    Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Frist, Mr. Gramm, Mr. 
 Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Mack, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. 
  Sessions, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Smith of Oregon, and Mr. 
Thomas) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice 
             and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
   Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms.

    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:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. After this article becomes operative, no person shall 
be elected to a full term as a Senator more than twice, or to a full 
term as a Representative more than thrice; no person who has been a 
Senator for more than three years of a term to which another person was 
elected shall subsequently be elected as a Senator more than once; and 
no person who has been a Representative for more than a year of a term 
to which another person was elected shall subsequently be elected as a 
Representative more than twice.
    ``Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it is 
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of 
three-fourths of the States within 7 years after the date of its 
submission to the States by Congress.''.
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