,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #af  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,january #c1    
#bjai,mr4 ,marino 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 years an individual 
may serve as a ,member of ,congress4    
,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 ,an individual  
may not serve as a ,senator or a ,member
 of the ,house of ,representatives if   
the period of the individual's service  
as a ,senator or ,member of the ,house  
of ,representatives 7or1 in the case of 

an individual who has served as both a  
,senator and as a ,member of the ,house 
of ,representatives1 the combined period
 of the individual's service as a       
,senator and ,member of the ,house of   
,representatives7 exceeds #ab years4    
#b4 ,no period occurring before the date
 of the ratification of this article    
shall be taken into account in          
determining the period of an            
individual's service under this article4
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