IA 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 101 

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing 

for Representatives to be chosen every four years, and limiting the 

number of times Senators and Representatives may be elected. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2012 

Mr. RIBBLE (for himself, Mr. RIGELL, and Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 

States providing for Representatives to be chosen every 

four years, and limiting the number of times Senators 

and Representatives may be elected. 

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 Con5 stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 

6 intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 

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


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1 States within seven years after the date of its submission 

2 for ratification: 

3 ‘‘ARTICLE— 

4 ‘‘SECTION 1. The House of Representatives shall be 

5 composed of Representatives chosen every four years. 

6 ‘‘SECTION 2. No person shall be elected as a Rep7 resentative more than three times. An election to any part 

8 of a term for which some other person was elected shall 

9 not count in determining the number of times a person 

10 is elected unless the person serves more than two years 

11 as a Representative pursuant to that election. 

12 ‘‘SECTION 3. No person shall be elected or appointed 

13 as a Senator more than twice. An election or appointment 

14 to any part of a term for which some other person was 

15 elected shall not count in determining the number of times 

16 a person is elected or appointed unless the person serves 

17 more than three years as a Senator pursuant to that elec18 tion or appointment. 

19 ‘‘SECTION 4. Only elections or appointments which 

20 occur after the date of ratification of this article shall 

21 count in determining the number of times a person is 

22 elected or appointed. 

23 ‘‘SECTION 5. Any reelection or reappointment of a 

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1 pointed if the person was a Senator on the date of ratifica2 tion of this article and has been elected as a Senator every 

3 term since the date of ratification of this article. Any re4 election of a Representative to the office of Representative 

5 shall not count in determining the number of times a per6 son is elected or appointed if the person was a Representa7 tive on the date of ratification of this article and has been 

8 elected as a Representative every term since the date of 

9 ratification of this article. 

10 ‘‘SECTION 6. Section 1 of this article shall take effect 

11 beginning with the first regularly scheduled general elec12 tion to the House of Representatives occurring after the 

13 ratification of this article and occurring in a year in which 

14 no regularly scheduled general presidential election oc15 curs.’’. 

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