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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 six, 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.
1 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, alternatively, pursuant to
1 9 Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the
1 10 General Assembly, as the Legislature of the State of Iowa,
1 11 makes application to the Congress of the United States to call
1 12 a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of
1 13 proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States,
1 14 for submission to the states for ratification, to limit the
1 15 number of terms a person may serve in the United States House
1 16 of Representatives to no more than six, and to limit the
1 17 number of terms a person may serve in the United States Senate
1 18 to no more than two.
1 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if, within sixty days after
1 20 the legislatures of two-thirds of the states make application
1 21 for such convention, Congress proposes and submits to the
1 22 states for ratification an amendment to the Constitution of
1 23 the United States which limits congressional years of service
1 24 in a manner substantially similar to the manner contained in
1 25 this Joint Resolution, then this application for a convention
1 26 shall no longer be of any force and effect.
1 27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the convention is not
1 28 limited to the specific and exclusive purposes of this Joint
1 29 Resolution, this application and request shall be null and
1 30 void, and shall be rescinded and of no effect.
1 31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a
1 32 continuing application in accordance with Article V of the
1 33 Constitution of the United States, until at least two-thirds
1 34 of the legislatures of the several states have made
1 35 application for a similar convention under Article V, or the
2 1 Congress has proposed the amendment called for by this Joint
2 2 Resolution, or the General Assembly acts to withdraw this
2 3 application.
2 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State shall
2 5 transmit certified copies of this Joint Resolution to the
2 6 President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the
2 7 Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of
2 8 Representatives, each member of the Iowa delegation to the
2 9 Congress, and the presiding officer of each house of each
2 10 state legislature in the United States.
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 This joint resolution constitutes a petition to the
2 13 Congress of the United States to propose a constitutional
2 14 amendment to limit the number of terms a person may serve in
2 15 the United States House of Representatives to no more than
2 16 six, and to limit the number of terms a person may serve in
2 17 the United States Senate to no more than two.
2 18 Alternatively, the resolution is an application to the
2 19 Congress from the State of Iowa, as required by Article V of
2 20 the Constitution of the United States, calling upon Congress
2 21 to convene a convention for the purpose of proposing
2 22 amendments to the Constitution limiting the number of terms a
2 23 person may serve in the United States House of Representatives
2 24 or the United States Senate.
2 25 LSB 1913SS 77
2 26 sc/cf/24
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