US Congress House Bill 3806 (Prior Session Legislation)

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January 25 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

One Subject at a Time Act - Requires: (1) each bill or joint resolution to embrace no more than one subject, and (2) the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title. Prohibits an appropriations bill from containing any general legislation or change of existing law requirement, if its subject is not germane to the subject of such bill. Declares void: (1) an entire Act or joint resolution if its title addresses two or more unrelated subjects, (2) provisions in legislation not clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title, (3) appropriation provisions in legislation outside the relevant subcommittee's jurisdiction, and (4) provisions of appropriation bills not germane to their subject matter. Grants aggrieved persons and Members of Congress the right to bring an action against the United States to seek appropriate relief, including an injunction against the enforcement of any law, the passage of which did not conform to this Act.

One Subject at a Time Act

Rep Marino, Tom	Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G.	Rep Bishop, Rob	Rep Brooks, Mo
Rep Buerkle, Ann Marie	Rep Harris, Andy	Rep Paul, Ron	Rep Posey, Bill
Rep Schilling, Robert T.	Rep West, Allen B.

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2012-01-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB3359 (Same As) 2012-06-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03806:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3806ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3806ih.pdf