One Subject at a Time Act
Official title: To end the practice of including more than one subject in a single bill by requiring that each bill enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
One Subject at a Time Act
This bill 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.
An appropriations bill may not contain any general legislation or change of existing law requirement if its subject is not germane to the subject of such bill.
The bill voids: (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.
The bill 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 bill.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 395: One Subject at a Time Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-395/
"H.R. 395: One Subject at a Time Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-395/.
H.R. 395, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-395/.
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