,,ia  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ac  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,january #c1    
#bjag,mr4 ,o',rourke submitted the      
following joint resolution2 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 terms a             
,representative or ,senator may serve4  
,that the following article is proposed 
as an amendment to the ,constitution of 
the ,united ,states1 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    
ratification3   --  #a4 ,no person who  
has been a ,senator for two terms shall 
again be eligible for election or       
appointment to the ,senate4  #b4 ,no    
person who has been a ,representative   
for four terms shall again be eligible  

for election to the ,house of           
,representatives4  #c4 ,for purposes of 
this article1 any term a person serves  
as a ,senator or ,representative to fill
 a vacancy shall not be included in     
determining the number of 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               
,representative4  #d4 ,for the purposes 
of this article1 any term that began    
before the date of the ratification of  
this article shall not be included in   
determining the number of terms that a  
person has been a ,senator or           
,representative4  4