Text: SJR02003 Text: SJR02005 Text: SJR02000 - SJR02099 Text: SJR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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 limit the number of terms a person may serve in the United
1 5 States House of Representatives to no more than three, and to
1 6 limit the number of terms a person may serve in the United
1 7 States Senate to no more than two and providing that upon
1 8 ratification of this amendment no person who has held the
1 9 office of United States Representative or who then holds the
1 10 office shall serve for more than two additional terms and
1 11 providing that upon ratification of this amendment no person
1 12 who has held the office of United States Senator or who then
1 13 holds the office shall serve for more than one additional
1 14 term.
1 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, alternatively, pursuant to
1 16 Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the
1 17 General Assembly, as the Legislature of the State of Iowa,
1 18 makes application to the Congress of the United States to call
1 19 a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of
1 20 the United States, for submission to the states for
1 21 ratification, to limit the number of terms a person may serve
1 22 in the United States House of Representatives, and to limit
1 23 the number of terms a person may serve in the United States
1 24 Senate.
1 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if, within sixty days after
1 26 the legislatures of two-thirds of the states make application
1 27 for such convention, Congress proposes and submits to the
1 28 states for ratification an amendment to the Constitution of
1 29 the United States which limits congressional years of service
1 30 in a manner substantially similar to the manner contained in
1 31 this Joint Resolution, then this application for a convention
1 32 shall no longer be of any force and effect.
1 33 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the convention is not
1 34 limited to the purposes of this Joint Resolution, this
1 35 application and request shall be null and void, and shall be
2 1 rescinded and of no effect.
2 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a
2 3 continuing application in accordance with Article V of the
2 4 Constitution of the United States, until at least two-thirds
2 5 of the legislatures of the several states have made
2 6 application for a similar convention under Article V, or the
2 7 Congress has proposed the amendment called for by this Joint
2 8 Resolution, or the General Assembly acts to withdraw this
2 9 application.
2 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State shall
2 11 transmit certified copies of this Joint Resolution to the
2 12 President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the
2 13 Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of
2 14 Representatives, each member of the Iowa delegation to the
2 15 Congress, and the presiding officer of each house of each
2 16 state legislature in the United States.
2 17 EXPLANATION
2 18 This joint resolution constitutes a petition to the
2 19 Congress of the United States to propose a constitutional
2 20 amendment to limit the number of terms a person may serve in
2 21 the United States House of Representatives to no more than
2 22 three, and to limit the number of terms a person may serve in
2 23 the United States Senate to no more than two. Upon
2 24 ratification of the amendment, a term currently being served,
2 25 or terms that have been served, shall count as one term for
2 26 purposes of the limitation.
2 27 Alternatively, the resolution is an application to the
2 28 Congress from the State of Iowa, as required by Article V of
2 29 the Constitution of the United States, calling upon Congress
2 30 to convene a convention for the purpose of proposing
2 31 amendments to the Constitution limiting the number of terms a
2 32 person may serve in the United States House of Representatives
2 33 or the United States Senate.
2 34 LSB 3957SS 76
2 35 sc/cf/24.1
Text: SJR02003 Text: SJR02005 Text: SJR02000 - SJR02099 Text: SJR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
Iowa General Assembly
Search: Senate Bills and Amendments (76th General Assembly)
© 1996 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments? webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Last update: Mon Mar 4 09:39:45 CST 1996
URL: /DOCS/GA/76GA/Legislation/SJR/02000/SJR02004/960215.html
jhf