[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 81 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 81

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
      limiting the number of consecutive terms that a Senator or 
      Representative may serve and providing for 4-year terms for 
                            Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2003

Mr. Owens 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 
      limiting the number of consecutive terms that a Senator or 
      Representative may serve and providing for 4-year terms for 
                            Representatives.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, 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 7 years after the date of its submission for 
ratification:

                               ``Article

    ``Section 1. No person who has been a Senator for 4 full 
consecutive terms shall again be a Senator.
    ``Sec. 2. No person who has been a Representative for 24 full 
consecutive years shall again be a Representative.
    ``Sec. 3. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members 
chosen every 4th year by the people of the several States.
    ``Sec. 4. For the purposes of this article, any term that began 
before the 1st day that this article is valid as part of the 
Constitution shall not be included in determining the number of full 
consecutive terms that a person has been a Senator or 
Representative.''.
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