[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 23 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 23

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 providing for the event that one-fourth of the Members of either the 
  House of Representatives or the Senate are killed or incapacitated.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 5, 2003

 Mr. Cornyn introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 providing for the event that one-fourth of the Members of either the 
  House of Representatives or the Senate are killed or incapacitated.

    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--

    ``The Congress may by law provide for the case of death or 
inability of Members of the House of Representatives, and the case of 
inability of Members of the Senate, in the event that one-fourth of 
either House are killed or incapacitated, declaring who shall serve 
until the disability is removed, or a new Member is elected. Any 
procedures established pursuant to such a law shall expire not later 
than 120 days after the death or inability of one-fourth of the House 
of Representatives or the Senate, but may be extended for additional 
120-day periods if one-fourth of either the House of Representatives or 
the Senate remains vacant or occupied by members unable to serve.''.
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