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H.R. 4335: One Subject at a Time Act

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H.R. 4335: One Subject at a Time Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-01-06 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-01-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

One Subject at a Time Act

Plain summary

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. The bill 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. The bill also 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. Aggrieved persons and Members of Congress shall have 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.

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Official text

One Subject at a Time Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] · 18 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Thomas Massie (R-KY), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Andy Harris (R-MD), Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

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Words on this page, explained (4)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Joint resolution
In Texas, the type of measure the Legislature uses to propose a constitutional amendment (marked HJR or SJR). The governor does not sign or veto it; the voters decide. In Congress a joint resolution can also be used like a bill. In Florida, a joint resolution passed by three-fifths of the members of each chamber puts a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4335 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114