US Congress House Joint Resolution 25 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. 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.

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.

Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]

Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-01-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-09	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/25/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hjres25/BILLS-115hjres25ih.pdf