One Subject at a Time Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4324 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4324 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2025 Mr. Fulcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``One Subject at a Time Act''. SEC. 2. ONE SUBJECT AT A TIME. (a) One Subject.--Each bill or joint resolution shall embrace no more than one subject. (b) Subject in Title.--The subject of a bill or joint resolution shall be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title. (c) Appropriation Bills.--An appropriations bill shall not contain any general legislation or change of existing law provision, the subject of which is not germane to the subject matter of each such appropriations bill provided however, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any provision imposing limitations upon the expenditure of funds so appropriated. SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. (a) Multiple Subjects in Title.--If the title of an Act or joint resolution addresses two or more unrelated subjects, then the entire Act or joint resolution is void. (b) Provisions Not Expressed in Title.--If the title of an Act or joint resolution addresses a single subject, but the Act contains one or more provisions concerning a subject that is not clear