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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 157 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit a single bill or joint resolution presented by Congress to the |
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| 6 | 6 | | President from containing multiple subjects and to require the equal |
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| 7 | 7 | | application of laws to Members of Congress. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. F |
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| 11 | 11 | | ITZPATRICKintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To prohibit a single bill or joint resolution presented by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Congress to the President from containing multiple sub- |
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| 16 | 16 | | jects and to require the equal application of laws to |
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| 17 | 17 | | Members of Congress. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Citizen Legislature 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Anti-Corruption Reform of Congress Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ‘‘CLEAN Congress Act’’. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MULTIPLE SUBJECTS IN SINGLE 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BILL. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Each bill, order, resolution, or 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | vote submitted by Congress to the President under section 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7 of article I of the Constitution of the United States shall 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | embrace no more than one subject, and that subject shall 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of the 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | bill, order, resolution or vote. 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) E |
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| 37 | 37 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | with respect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress and 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | each succeeding Congress. 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SEC. 3. REQUIRING EQUAL APPLICATION OF LAWS TO MEM-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | BERS OF CONGRESS. 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (a) I |
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| 43 | 43 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | sion of law, any provision of law that provides an exception 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | in its application to a Member of Congress or an employee 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of the office of a Member of Congress shall have no effect. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) C |
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| 48 | 48 | | LARIFICATIONRELATING TOEXERCISE OFOF-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | FICIAL ORREPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES.—Subsection (a) 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | shall not be construed to apply to provisions of law or rules 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | which permit Members of Congress or employees of offices 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of Members of Congress to carry out official duties that 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | are tied directly to lawmaking, including provisions or 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | rules permitting Members and employees to enter and use 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the United States Capitol, the United States Capitol 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | grounds, and other buildings and facilities. 26 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Member 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | of Congress’’ means a Senator or a Representative in, or 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 3 |
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