3.0.0 3359 2019-04-11T15:42:14Z 2019-04-11T15:42:14Z Senate S S 2012-06-28 112 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-06-28T23:12:27Z One Subject at a Time Act 112 3806 HR 2012-01-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Identical bill CRS 2012-06-28 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2012-06-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Congress Appropriations Government liability Legislative rules and procedure Congress 00 2012-06-28 Introduced in Senate 2012-08-30T16:41:33Z 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 Short Titles as Introduced One Subject at a Time Act Display Title One Subject at a Time Act Official Title as Introduced A bill 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. Introduced in Senate 2012-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3359is/xml/BILLS-112s3359is.xml 2012-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.