[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 101 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 101

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
   providing for Representatives to be chosen every four years, and 
   limiting the number of times Senators and Representatives may be 
                                elected.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2012

 Mr. Ribble (for himself, Mr. Rigell, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) 
 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 
   providing for Representatives to be chosen every four years, and 
   limiting the number of times Senators and Representatives may be 
                                elected.

    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. The House of Representatives shall be composed of 
Representatives chosen every four years.
    ``Section 2. No person shall be elected as a Representative more 
than three times. An election to any part of a term for which some 
other person was elected shall not count in determining the number of 
times a person is elected unless the person serves more than two years 
as a Representative pursuant to that election.
    ``Section 3. No person shall be elected or appointed as a Senator 
more than twice. An election or appointment to any part of a term for 
which some other person was elected shall not count in determining the 
number of times a person is elected or appointed unless the person 
serves more than three years as a Senator pursuant to that election or 
appointment.
    ``Section 4. Only elections or appointments which occur after the 
date of ratification of this article shall count in determining the 
number of times a person is elected or appointed.
    ``Section 5. Any reelection or reappointment of a Senator to the 
office of Senator shall not count in determining the number of times a 
person is elected or appointed if the person was a Senator on the date 
of ratification of this article and has been elected as a Senator every 
term since the date of ratification of this article. Any reelection of 
a Representative to the office of Representative shall not count in 
determining the number of times a person is elected or appointed if the 
person was a Representative on the date of ratification of this article 
and has been elected as a Representative every term since the date of 
ratification of this article.
    ``Section 6. Section 1 of this article shall take effect beginning 
with the first regularly scheduled general election to the House of 
Representatives occurring after the ratification of this article and 
occurring in a year in which no regularly scheduled general 
presidential election occurs.''.
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