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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 95 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require that each bill enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject, |
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| 6 | 6 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To require that each bill enacted by Congress be limited |
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| 14 | 14 | | to only one subject, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘One Bill, One Subject 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Transparency Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. ONE SUBJECT PER BILL. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) O |
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| 22 | 22 | | NESUBJECT.—Each bill or joint resolution 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | shall embrace no more than one subject. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) SUBJECT INTITLE.—The subject of a bill or joint 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | resolution shall be clearly and descriptively expressed in 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the title. 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) A |
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| 31 | 31 | | PPROPRIATIONBILLS.—An appropriations bill 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | shall not contain any general legislation or change of exist-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ing law provision which is not germane to the subject mat-6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ter of the underlying bill. This subsection does not prohibit 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | any provision imposing limitations upon the expenditure 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of appropriated funds. 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) M |
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| 39 | 39 | | ULTIPLESUBJECTS INTITLE.—If the title of 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | an Act or joint resolution addresses two or more unrelated 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | subjects, then the entire Act or joint resolution is void. 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) P |
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| 43 | 43 | | ROVISIONSNOTEXPRESSED INTITLE.—If an 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act or joint resolution contains provisions concerning a 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | subject that is not clearly and descriptively expressed in 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | its title, those provisions shall be void. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) A |
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| 48 | 48 | | PPROPRIATION PROVISIONSOUTSIDESUB-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | COMMITTEE JURISDICTION.—If an Act appropriating 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | funds contains a provision outside of the jurisdiction of 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the relevant subcommittee of the Committees on Appro-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | priations of the House and of the Senate, and therefore 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | outside the subject of the bill, then such provision shall 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | be void. 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (d) PROVISIONS OFAPPROPRIATIONSBILLSNOT 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | G |
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| 60 | 60 | | ERMANE TO SUBJECTMATTER.—If an Act appro-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | priating funds contains general legislation or change of ex-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | isting law provision not germane to the subject matter of 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the underlying bill, then every such provision shall be void. 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (e) C |
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| 65 | 65 | | OMMENCEMENT OF AN ACTION.—Any person, 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | including a Member of the House of Representatives or 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | a Member of the Senate, aggrieved by the enforcement or 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | threat of enforcement of Acts that do not comply with sec-9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | tion 2 shall have a cause of action under sections 2201 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | and 2202 of title 28, United States Code, against the 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | United States to seek appropriate relief, including an in-12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | junction against the enforcement of any law, the passage 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | of which did not conform to section 2 or this section. The 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | cause of action only applies to an Act or joint resolution 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | signed into law on or after the date of enactment of this 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Act. 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (f) S |
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| 78 | 78 | | TATE OF REVIEW.—In any judicial action 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | brought pursuant to subsection (e), the standard of review 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | shall be de novo. 20 |
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