[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 7 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 7

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

  Mr. Fitzpatrick 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 years 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. An individual may not serve as a Senator or a Member 
of the House of Representatives if the period of the individual's 
service as a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives (or, in 
the case of an individual who has served as both a Senator and as a 
Member of the House of Representatives, the combined period of the 
individual's service as a Senator and Member of the House of 
Representatives) exceeds 12 years.
    ``Section 2. This article does not apply with respect to any period 
of service which begins prior to the time this article becomes a valid 
part of the Constitution.''.
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