,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ig  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,september #bi1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,walker 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 composition of the ,senate to 
,senators from ,states admitted to the  
,union prior to the ,one ,hundred       
,sixteenth ,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  -- ,the ,senate of the   
,united ,states shall be composed of    
,senators who are from ,states admitted 
to the ,union prior to the ,one ,hundred

 ,sixteenth ,congress4  4