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HJRES 40 114th Congress House Congress

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…

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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: March 26, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Apr 21, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Mar 26, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 26, 2015
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 40: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HJRES-40/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 40: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HJRES-40/.
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H.J. Res. 40, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HJRES-40/.
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[H.J. Res. 40: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HJRES-40/)
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