[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 43 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 43

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
     limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2003

    Mr. Vitter 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 
     limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

    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:

                              ``Article --

    ``Section 1. No person who has served six terms as a Representative 
shall be eligible for election to the House of Representatives. For 
purposes of this section, the election of a person to fill a vacancy in 
the House of Representatives shall be included as one term in 
determining the number of terms that such person has served as a 
Representative if the person fills the vacancy for more than one year.
    ``Section 2. No person who has served two terms as a Senator shall 
be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate. For purposes of 
this section, the election or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy 
in the Senate shall be included as one term in determining the number 
of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the person fills 
the vacancy for more than three years.
    ``Section 3. No term beginning before the date of the ratification 
of this article shall be taken into account in determining eligibility 
for election or appointment under this article.''.
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