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IA
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 30
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2013
Mr. Price of Georgia
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 years Representatives and Senators
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 shall be a Representative for
more than eighteen years, except that service to fill a vacancy shall not be
included in determining eligibility.
2. No person shall be a Senator for more than
eighteen years, except that service to fill a vacancy shall not be included in
determining eligibility.
3. Only service that begins after
the date of ratification of this article shall count in determining the number
of years a Representative or Senator
serves.
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