[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 85 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 85

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2017

Mr. Gallagher (for himself and Mr. Johnson of Louisiana) 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 
  limiting the number of terms Senators and Representatives 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 serve as a Representative for more 
than six terms. An election to any part of a term for which some other 
person was elected shall not count in determining the number of terms a 
person serves as a Representative unless the person serves more than 
one year as a Representative pursuant to that election.
    ``Section 2. No person shall serve as a Senator for more than two 
terms. 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 
terms a person serves as a Senator unless the person serves more than 
three years as a Senator pursuant to that election or appointment.
    ``Section 3. This article shall not apply to any person who served 
as a Representative or as a Senator during any Congress occurring 
before the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.''.
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