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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
One Subject at a Time Act
This bill requires each bill or joint resolution to include no more than one subject and the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title.
Further, an appropriations bill may not contain any general legislation or change to existing law that is not germane to the subject of such bill.
The bill voids an entire law or joint resolution that has a title which addresses two or more unrelated subjects. For noncompliant provisions of a law or joint resolution, the bill voids the specific noncompliant provisions. For example, this includes appropriation provisions that are outside of the relevant subcommittee's jurisdiction.
Additionally, a person (individual or entity) who is aggrieved by the enforcement, or the attempted enforcement, of a law that passed without complying with this bill's requirements may sue the United States for appropriate relief.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4324: One Subject at a Time Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4324/
"H.R. 4324: One Subject at a Time Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4324/.
H.R. 4324, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4324/.
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