,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,biggs 7for himself and ,mr4           
,gallagher7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require that each bill enacted by   
,congress be limited to only one subject
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,one ,bill1 ,one ,subject ,transparency 
,act4  #b4 ,one subject per bill  7a7   
,one subject ,each bill or joint        
resolution shall embrace no more than   
one subject4  7b7 ,subject in title ,the
 subject of a bill or joint resolution  
shall be clearly and descriptively      
expressed in the title4  7c7            
,appropriation bills ,an appropriations 
bill shall not contain any general      
legislation or change of existing law   
provision which is not germane to the   
subject matter of the underlying bill4  
,this subsection does not prohibit any  

provision imposing limitations upon the 
expenditure of appropriated funds4  #c4 
,enforcement  7a7 ,multiple subjects in 
title ,if the title of an ,act or joint 
resolution addresses two or more        
unrelated subjects1 then the entire ,act
 or joint resolution is void4  7b7      
,provisions not expressed in title ,if  
an ,act or joint resolution contains    
provisions concerning a subject that is 
not clearly and descriptively expressed 
in its title1 those provisions shall be 
void4  7c7 ,appropriation provisions    
outside subcommittee jurisdiction ,if an
 ,act appropriating funds contains a    
provision outside of the jurisdiction of
 the relevant subcommittee of the       
,committees on ,appropriations of the   
,house and of the ,senate1 and therefore
 outside the subject of the bill1 then  
such provision shall be void4  7d7      
,provisions of appropriation bills not  
germane to subject matter ,if an ,act   
appropriating funds contains general    
legislation or change of existing law   

provision not germane to the subject    
matter of the underlying bill1 then     
every such provision shall be void4  7e7
 ,commencement of an action ,any person1
 including a ,member of the ,house of   
,representatives or a ,member of the    
,senate1 aggrieved by the enforcement or
 threat of enforcement of ,acts that do 
not comply with section #b shall have a 
cause of action under sections #bbja and
 #bbjb of title #bh1 ,united ,states    
,code1 against the ,united ,states to   
seek appropriate relief1 including an   
injunction against the enforcement of   
any law1 the passage of which did not   
conform to section #b or this section4  
,the cause of action only applies to an 
,act or joint resolution signed into law
 on or after the date of enactment of   
this ,act4  7f7 ,state of review ,in any
 judicial action brought pursuant to    
subsection 7e71 the standard of review  
shall be de novo4