[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 51 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 51

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may 
                                 serve.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 21, 2017

 Mr. Cassidy introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress 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 by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No person who has served 9 consecutive terms as a 
Representative shall be eligible for election to the House of 
Representatives for a tenth consecutive term. For purposes of this 
section, the election of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of 
Representatives shall be included as 1 term in determining the number 
of terms that such person has served as a Representative if the person 
fills the vacancy for more than 1 year. Nothing in this section shall 
prevent a person described in the first sentence from being eligible 
for election to the House of Representatives for a subsequent term if 
there is a period of not less than 1 year between such consecutive 
terms and the subsequent term.
    ``Section 2. No person who has served 3 consecutive terms as a 
Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate for 
a fourth consecutive term. For purposes of this section, the election 
or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate shall be 
included as 1 term in determining the number of terms that such person 
has served as a Senator if the person fills the vacancy for more than 3 
years. Nothing in this section shall prevent a person described in the 
first sentence from being eligible for election or appointment to the 
Senate for a subsequent term if there is a period of not less than 1 
year between such consecutive terms and the subsequent term.
    ``Section 3. No term of service beginning before the date of the 
ratification of this article shall be taken into account in determining 
eligibility for election or appointment under this article.''.
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