,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #hf  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,march #e1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,timmons 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,phillips7 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  
consecutive terms that a ,member of     
,congress 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 consecutive    
terms shall again be eligible for       
election or appointment to the ,senate  
until the date that is one year after   

the end of such second consecutive term4
  #b4 ,no person who has been a         
,representative for six consecutive     
terms shall again be eligible for       
election to the ,house of               
,representatives until the date that is 
one year after the end of the sixth     
consecutive term4  #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 consecutive   
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 consecutive   
terms that a person has been a ,senator 
or ,representative4  4