[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 71 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 71

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
   limit the number of years Representatives and Senators may serve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2007

 Mr. Price of Georgia 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 years Representatives and Senators 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 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person shall be a Representative for more than 
eighteen years, except that service to fill a vacancy shall not be 
included in determining eligibility.
    ``Section 2. No person shall be a Senator for more than eighteen 
years, except that service to fill a vacancy shall not be included in 
determining eligibility.
    ``Section 3. Only service that begins after the date of 
ratification of this article shall count in determining the number of 
years a Representative or Senator serves.''.
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