104th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 21 Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 19 (legislative day, January 10), 1995 Mr. Thompson (for himself, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Bond, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burns, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Frist, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Mack, Mr. Packwood, Mr. Smith, and Mr. stdin Thomas) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States: ``Article-- ``Section 1. After this article becomes operative, no person shall be elected to a full term as a Senator more than twice, or to a full term as a Representative more than thrice; no person who has been a Senator for more than three years of a term to which some other person was elected shall subsequently be elected as a Senator more than once; stdin and no person who has been a Representative for more than a year of a term to which some other person was elected shall subsequently be elected as a Representative more than twice. ``Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided by the Constitution, within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.''.