[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 15 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 15
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make
eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a United
States citizen for 20 years.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 10, 2003
Mr. Hatch introduced the following joint resolution; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make
eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a United
States citizen for 20 years.
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:
``Article--
``Section 1. A person who is a citizen of the United States, who
has been for 20 years a citizen of the United States, and who is
otherwise eligible to the Office of President, is not ineligible to
that Office by reason of not being a native born citizen of the United
States.
``Section 2. This article shall not take effect unless it has been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of
three-fourths of the several States not later than 7 years from the
date of its submission to the States by the Congress.''.
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