[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 18 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 18

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  provide for 4-year terms for Representatives and to provide that no 
      person may serve as a Representative for more than 12 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

Mr. Stump 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 for 4-year terms for Representatives and to provide that no 
      person may serve as a Representative for more than 12 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 from the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The term of office of a Representative, other than a 
term of office of a Representative served by virtue of an election or 
appointment to fill a vacancy, shall be 4 years, beginning with the 
first election of Representatives occurring after this article becomes 
operative.
    ``Section 2. No person may serve more than 12 years as a 
Representative. However, this Article shall not prevent any person 
holding the office of Representative during the term within which this 
article becomes operative from holding the office of Representative 
during the remainder of such term.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, time served as a 
Representative by virtue of an election or appointment to fill a 
vacancy shall not be included in determining the number of years a 
person has served as a Representative.''.
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