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House Calendar No. 27

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 2

[Report No. 104–67]

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with

respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate

and the House of Representatives.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, and Mr.

LOBIONDO (for themselves, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. ALLARD,

Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr. BALLENGER,

Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BARR, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. BARTLETT of

Maryland, Mr. BASS, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr.

BLUTE, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. BUNNING of

Kentucky, Mr. BURR, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP, Mr.

CANADY of Florida, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. COBLE, Mr.

COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. COOLEY, Mr. CRANE, Mr. CREMEANS, Mr.

CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DICKEY,

Mr. DOOLITTLE, Ms. DUNN of Washington, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. EWING, Mr. FIELDS of Texas, Mr.

FLANAGAN, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr.

FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr. FRISA, Mr. FUNDERBURK, Mr. GALLEGLY,

Mr. GANSKE, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GOSS, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.

GREENWOOD, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HANCOCK, Ms.

HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr.

HILLEARY, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HOKE, Mr. HORN, Mr.

HOUGHTON, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr.

ISTOOK, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KIM, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr.

KLUG, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LATHAM, Mr.

LATOURETTE, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LINDER, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARTINI, Mr.

MCCRERY, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. METCALF,

Mr. MICA, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MINGE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEUMANN, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. PACKARD, Mr.

PAXON, Mr. POMBO, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. PRYCE, Mr. QUINN, Mr.
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RAMSTAD, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.

ROYCE, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mrs.

SEASTRAND, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHAW, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr.

SMITH of Texas, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. STUMP, Mr. TALENT, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr.

THORNBERRY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. UPTON, Mrs.

WALDHOLTZ, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WELLER, Mr. WHITE, Mr. WHITFIELD,

Mr. WILSON, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. ZIMMER, and Mr. MCINNIS) introduced

the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the

Judiciary

MARCH 6, 1995

Additional sponsors: Mr. HAYES, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. WALKER, Mr.

DEUTSCH, Mr. COBURN, and Mr. GOODLING

Deleted sponsors: Mr. ALLARD (added January 4, 1995; deleted February 7,

1995), Mr. BROWNBACK (added January 4, 1995; deleted March 6,

1995), Mr. CHRISTENSEN (added January 4, 1995; deleted February 24,

1995), Mr. HILLEARY (added January 4, 1995; deleted March 1, 1995),

Mr. KIM (added January 4, 1995; deleted February 22, 1995), Mr.

MCINTOSH (added January 4, 1995; deleted March 1, 1995), Mrs.

MYRICK (added January 4, 1995; deleted March 6, 1995), Mr. ROYCE

(added January 4, 1995; deleted March 1, 1995), Mrs. SEASTRAND

(added January 4, 1995; deleted March 3, 1995), and Mr. TALENT

(added January 4, 1995; deleted February 13, 1995)

MARCH 6, 1995

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered

to be printed

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United

States with respect to the number of terms of office

of Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled

3 (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol4 lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
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1 stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all

2 intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when

3 ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several

4 States within seven years from the date of its submission

5 by the Congress:

6 ‘‘ARTICLE—

7 ‘‘No person who has been elected to the Senate two

8 times shall be eligible for election or appointment to the

9 Senate. No person who has been elected to the House of

10 Representatives six times shall be eligible for election to

11 the House of Representatives.’’.

12 That the following article is proposed as an amendment to

13 the Constitution of the United States:

14 ‘‘ARTICLE—

15 ‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has been elected for a full

16 term to the Senate two consecutive times shall be eligible

17 for election or appointment to the Senate for a third con18 secutive term. No person who has been elected for a full term

19 to the House of Representatives six consecutive times shall

20 be eligible for election to the House of Representatives for

21 a seventh consecutive term.

22 ‘‘SECTION 2. Service as a Senator or Representative

23 for more than half of a term to which someone else was

24 originally elected shall be considered an election for the pur25 poses of section 1.
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1 ‘‘SECTION 3. This article shall be inoperative unless

2 it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths

3 of the several States within seven years from the date of

4 its submission to the States by the Congress.

5 ‘‘SECTION 4. No election or service occurring before this

6 article becomes operative shall be taken into account when

7 determining eligibility for election under this article.

8 ‘‘SECTION 5. No provision of any State statute or con9 stitution shall diminish or enhance, directly or indirectly,

10 the limits set by this article.’’.
House Calendar No. 27

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 2

[Report No. 104–67]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the

House of Representatives.terms of office of Members of the Senate and theUnited States with respect to the number of

MARCH 6, 1995

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed