[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H453]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                              H.J. Res. 2

                       Offered By: Mr. Hutchinson

                (Amendment in the Nature of Substitute)

       Amendment No. 1: 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:

                 ``Congressional Term Limits Amendment

       ``Section A. No person shall serve in the office of United 
     States Representative for more than three terms, but upon 
     ratification of the Congressional Term Limits Amendment no 
     person who has held the office of United States 
     Representative or who then holds the office shall serve for 
     more than two additional terms.
       ``Section B. No person shall serve in the office of United 
     States Senator for more than two terms, but upon ratification 
     of the Congressional Term Limits Amendment no person who has 
     held the office of United States Senator or who then holds 
     the office shall serve more than one additional term.
       ``Section C. This article shall have no time limit within 
     which it must be ratified by the legislatures of three-
     fourths of the several states.''.