[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 44 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2990]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                              H.J. Res. 2

                         Offered by: Mr. Hoyer

       Amendment No. 26: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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 from the date of its submission to 
     the States by the Congress:

                              ``Article --

       ``Section 1. No person who has been elected for a full term 
     to the Senate two consecutive times shall be eligible for 
     election or appointment to the Senate for a third consecutive 
     term. No person who has been elected for a full term to the 
     House of Representatives six consecutive times shall be 
     eligible for election to the House of Representatives for a 
     seventh consecutive term.
       ``Section 2. Service as a Senator or Representative for 
     more than half of a term to which someone else was originally 
     elected shall be considered an election for the purposes of 
     section 1.
       ``Section 3. Any election or service occurring before this 
     article becomes operative shall be taken into account when 
     determining eligibility for election under this article.
       ``Section 4. No provision of any State statute or 
     constitution shall diminish or enhance, directly or 
     indirectly, the limits set by this article.''.

                              H.J. Res. 2

                         Offered By: Mr. Orton

       Amendment No. 27: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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:
                       [[Page H2990]] ``Article--

       ``No person shall be elected to the office of 
     Representative more than six times, excluding any election of 
     a person to fill a vacancy of an office of a Representative 
     if such person has held such office for less than one year. 
     No person shall be elected to the office of Senator more than 
     twice, excluding any election of a person to fill a vacancy 
     of an office of a Senator if such person has held such office 
     for less than three years. For purposes of this section, an 
     election which occurs before the date of the ratification of 
     this article shall be included in determining the number of 
     times a person has been elected as a Representative or 
     Senator.''.
                              H.J. Res. 2

                         Offered By: Mr. Orton

       Amendment No. 28: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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 it submission for 
     ratification:

                              ``Article--

       ``Section 1. The term of office of Representatives shall be 
     four years and shall begin at noon on the third day of 
     January of the year in which the term of office of the 
     President begins.
       ``Section 2. No person shall be elected to the office of 
     Representative more than three times, excluding any election 
     of a person to fill a vacancy of an office of a 
     Representative if such person has held such office for less 
     than two years. No person shall be elected to the office of 
     Senator more than twice, excluding any election of a person 
     to fill a vacancy of an office of a Senator if such person 
     has held such office for less than three years. For purposes 
     of this section, an election which occurs before the date of 
     the ratification of this article shall be included in 
     determining the number of times a person has been elected as 
     a Representative or Senator.''.
                              H.J. Res. 2

                         Offered By: Mr. Orton

       Amendment No. 29: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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 elected for a full term 
     of the Senate two consecutive times shall be eligible for 
     election or appointment to the Senate for a third consecutive 
     term. No person who has been elected for a full term to the 
     House of Representatives six consecutive times shall be 
     eligible for election to the House of Representatives for a 
     seventh consecutive term.
       ``Section 2. Service as a Senator or Representative for 
     more than half of a term to which someone else was originally 
     elected shall be considered an election for the purposes of 
     section 1.
       ``Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it 
     shall have been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths 
     of the several States within seven years from the date of its 
     submission to the States by the Congress.
       ``Section 4. Any election or service occurring before this 
     article becomes operative shall be taken into account when 
     determining eligibility for election under this article.
       ``Section 5. No provision of any State statute or 
     constitution shall diminish or enhance, directly or 
     indirectly, the limits set by this article.''.
       ``Person shall be elected to the office of Representative 
     more than six times, excluding any election of a person to 
     fill a vacancy of an office of a Representative if such 
     person has held such office for less than one year. No person 
     shall be elected to the office of Senator more than twice, 
     excluding any election of a person to fill a vacancy of an 
     office of a Senator if such person has held such office for 
     less than three years. For purposes of this section, an 
     election which occurs before the date of the ratification of 
     this article shall be included in determining the number of 
     times a person has been elected as a Representative or 
     Senator.''.
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