[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 101 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 101

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2017

  Mr. Arrington (for himself and Mr. Khanna) submitted 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 an individual may serve as a Member of 
                               Congress.

    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 who has been a Senator for 2 full terms 
shall again be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate.
    ``Section 2. No person who has been a Representative for 6 full 
terms shall again be eligible for election to the House of 
Representatives.
    ``Section 3. For purposes of this article, any term that began 
before the date of the ratification of this article shall not be 
included in determining the number of terms that a person has been a 
Senator or Representative.''.
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