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    This document proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms that members of Congress may serve. It proposes limiting Representatives to 6 terms and Senators to 2 terms. It specifies that filling a vacancy for more than one year in the House or more than three years in the Senate would count as a full term. The amendment would not apply to any current members of Congress at the time of its ratification.

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    This document proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms that members of Congress may serve. It proposes limiting Representatives to 6 terms and Senators to 2 terms. It specifies that filling a vacancy for more than one year in the House or more than three years in the Senate would count as a full term. The amendment would not apply to any current members of Congress at the time of its ratification.

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    H. J. RES. ll
    117TH CONGRESS
    1ST SESSION

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit


    the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    Mr. CAWTHORN introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
    to the Committee on lllllllllllllll

    JOINT RESOLUTION
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
    States to limit the number of terms that a Member
    of Congress may serve.

    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 fol-
    4 lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
    5 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
    8 States within seven years after the date of its submission
    9 for ratification:

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    1 ‘‘ARTICLE—
    2 ‘‘SECTION 1. No person who has served six terms as
    3 a Representative shall be eligible for election to the House
    4 of Representatives. For purposes of this section, the elec-
    5 tion of a person to fill a vacancy in the House of Rep-
    6 resentatives shall be included as one term in determining
    7 the number of terms that such person has served as a Rep-
    8 resentative if the person fills the vacancy for more than
    9 one year.
    10 ‘‘SECTION 2. No person who has served two terms
    11 as a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment
    12 to the Senate. For purposes of this section, the election
    13 or appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate
    14 shall be included as one term in determining the number
    15 of terms that such person has served as a Senator if the
    16 person fills the vacancy for more than three years.
    17 ‘‘SECTION 3. This article shall not apply to any per-
    18 son serving a term as a Member of Congress on the date
    19 of the ratification of this article.’’.

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