[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.J. Res. 99 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 99 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning the election of the Members of the House of Representatives. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 24, 2008 Mr. Larson of Connecticut introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning the election of the Members of the House of Representatives. 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, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: ``Article-- ``Section 1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every fourth year by the people of the several States. Immediately after the first election, they shall be assembled and divided as equally as may be into two classes. The seats of the Representatives of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year and the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, so that one-half may be chosen every second year. ``Section 2. This article shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Representative chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. ``Section 3. This article shall apply to the first election of Representatives which occurs after ratification but no earlier than 2012. ``Section 4. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.''. <all>