[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 105 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 105

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  lower the age qualification for Senators from 30 years of age to 21 
 years of age and for Members of the House of Representatives from 25 
                    years of age to 21 years of age.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2004

   Mr. English 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 
  lower the age qualification for Senators from 30 years of age to 21 
 years of age and for Members of the House of Representatives from 25 
                    years of age to 21 years of age.

    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 shall be a Senator or Representative in 
Congress who shall not have attained the age of twenty one years.''.
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