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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 15
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2019
Mr. MARINO submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
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.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
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of the United States of America in Congress assembled
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(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
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lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
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stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
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intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
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ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
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States within seven years after the date of its submission
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for ratification:
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‘‘ARTICLE —
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‘‘Each bill, order, resolution, or vote which must be
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submitted to the President under section 7 of article I of
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this Constitution shall embrace no more than one subject
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and that subject shall be clearly and descriptively ex-
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pressed in the title of the bill, order, resolution or vote.’’.
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