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:

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1.No person who has been a Senator for two consecutive terms shall again be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate until the first day of the second Congress that begins after the second consecutive term.

2.No person who has been a Representative for six consecutive terms shall again be eligible for election to the House of Representatives until the first day of the second Congress that begins after the sixth consecutive term.

3.For purposes of this article, any term a person serves as a Senator or Representative to fill a vacancy shall not be included in determining the number of consecutive terms that the person has been a Senator or Representative unless the period of time for which the person fills the vacancy is greater than three years in the case of a Senator or greater than one year in the case of a Representative.

4.For the 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 consecutive terms that a person has been a Senator or Representative.