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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 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to the purposes of this Joint Resolution, this 1 35 application and request shall be null and void, and shall be 2 1 rescinded and of no effect. 2 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a 2 3 continuing application in accordance with Article V of the 2 4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
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