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IA
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 23
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 25, 2013
Mr. Duffy introduced
the following joint resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of
Congress may serve.
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:
—
1. No person who has been a Senator for two
full consecutive terms shall again be a Senator until the date that is one year
after the end of such second full consecutive term.
2. No person who has been a Representative for
six full consecutive terms shall again be a Representative until the date that
is one year after the end of the sixth full consecutive term.
3. 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 full consecutive
terms that a person has been a Senator or
Representative.
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