3.0.0 40 2023-01-11T13:28:15Z 2023-01-11T13:28:15Z House HJRES 2015-03-26 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MARINO:H.J. Res. 40.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article V of the United States Constitution: The Congress,whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary,shall propose amendments to this Constitution . . . which . .. shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of thisConstitution, when ratified by the legislatures of threefourths of the several states, or by conventions in threefourths thereof.[Page H2115]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2015-04-21T15:18:47Z Referred to 2015-03-26T13:12:05Z 2015-04-21 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2015-03-26 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-03-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-03-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001179 Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] Tom Marino R PA 10 N Congress Constitution and constitutional amendments Legislative rules and procedure Congress 00 2015-03-26 Introduced in House 2015-04-01T14:43:15Z Constitutional Amendment

Requires 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. Requires the 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. Display Title 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. Official Title as Introduced 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 in House IH Introduced in House 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hjres40ih/xml/BILLS-114hjres40ih.xml 2015-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. 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.