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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 122
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 31, 2014
Mr. Marino introduced 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.
That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the
Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the
several States within seven years after the date of its submission for
ratification:
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Each bill, order, resolution, or vote which must be submitted to the President under section 7 of
article I of this Constitution shall embrace no more than one subject and
that subject shall be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of
the bill, order, resolution or vote.
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