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PAG LIN 1 1 That the Congress of the United States is hereby petitioned 1 2 to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United 1 3 States, for submission to the states for ratification, to 1 4 change the term of office of members of the United States 1 5 House of Representatives from two years to four years and to 1 6 classify Representatives by statute so that as nearly as 1 7 possible one-half of the members of the House of 1 8 Representatives shall be elected every two years. 1 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, alternatively, pursuant to 1 10 Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the 1 11 General Assembly, as the Legislature of the State of Iowa, 1 12 makes application to the Congress of the United States to call 1 13 a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of 1 14 proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 1 15 States, for submission to the states for ratification, to 1 16 change the term of office of members of the United States 1 17 House of Representatives from two years to four years and to 1 18 classify Representatives by statute so that as nearly as 1 19 possible one-half of the members of the House of 1 20 Representatives shall be elected every two years. 1 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if, within sixty days after 1 22 the legislatures of two-thirds of the states make application 1 23 for such convention, Congress proposes and submits to the 1 24 states for ratification an amendment to the Constitution of 1 25 the United States which changes the term of office of members 1 26 of the United States House of Representatives from two years 1 27 to four years and which requires Representatives to be 1 28 classified by statute so that as nearly as possible one-half 1 29 of the members of the House of Representatives shall be 1 30 elected every two years, then this application for a 1 31 convention shall no longer be of any force and effect. 1 32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the convention is not 1 33 limited to the specific and exclusive purposes of this Joint 1 34 Resolution, this application and request shall be null and 1 35 void, and shall be rescinded and of no effect. 2 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a 2 2 continuing application in accordance with Article V of the 2 3 Constitution of the United States, until at least two-thirds 2 4 of the legislatures of the several states have made 2 5 application for a similar convention under Article V, or the 2 6 Congress has proposed the amendment called for by this Joint 2 7 Resolution, or the General Assembly acts to withdraw this 2 8 application. 2 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State shall 2 10 transmit certified copies of this Joint Resolution to the 2 11 President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the 2 12 Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of 2 13 Representatives, each member of the Iowa delegation to the 2 14 Congress, and the presiding officer of each house of each 2 15 state legislature in the United States. 2 16 EXPLANATION 2 17 This joint resolution constitutes a petition to the 2 18 Congress of the United States to propose a constitutional 2 19 amendment to change the term of office of members of the 2 20 United States House of Representatives from two years to four 2 21 years with one-half of the members being elected every two 2 22 years. 2 23 Alternatively, the resolution is an application to the 2 24 Congress from the State of Iowa, as required by Article V of 2 25 the Constitution of the United States, calling upon Congress 2 26 to convene a constitutional convention concerning the proposed 2 27 amendment. 2 28 LSB 1120SS 76 2 29 sc/cf/24.1
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