[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1573 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1573

 To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit bills 
      and joint resolutions from containing more than one subject.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

   Mr. Polis of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Lamborn) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit bills 
      and joint resolutions from containing more than one subject.

    Resolved, That (a) rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause--
    ``11.(a) No bill, joint resolution, or amendment to any bill or 
joint resolution that contains more than a single subject may be 
received or considered in the House. A question of order on the number 
of subjects in any such bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto, 
may be raised at any time.
    ``(b) The single subject of any bill or joint resolution shall be 
expressed in the title.
    ``(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply to a bill, joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto that complies, consolidates, revises, 
or rearranges the statutory law.''.
    (b) The amendment made by this resolution shall take effect 
immediately before noon, January 3, 2011.
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