United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 25 (115th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to end the practice of including more than one subject in a single law by requiring that each law enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject and that the subject be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of the law.
Introduced
9 January 2017
Last action
12 January 2017 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Sponsors
Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10], Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Constitutional Amendment This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring: (1) each bill, order, resolution, or vote that must be submitted to the President under the U.S. Constitution to embrace no more than one subject; and (2) such subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of the bill, order, resolution, or vote.
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Timeline
9 January 2017
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
9 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
12 January 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 January 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to end the practice of including more than one subject in a single law by requiring that each law enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject and that the subject be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of the law.
- related to ← Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to end the practice of including more than one subject in a single law by requiring that each law enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject and that the subject be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of the law.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/25
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hjres/25
- us · 115-hjres-25 · source updated 3 January 2025