{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-4324","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":4324,"title":"One Subject at a Time Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-07-10","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"F000469","fullName":"Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]","party":"R","state":"ID","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-07-10","text":"Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary."},"policyArea":"Congress","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-07-10","text":"Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-10","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-10","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>One Subject at a Time Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires each bill or joint resolution to include no more than one subject and the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title.</p><p>Further, an appropriations bill may not contain any general legislation or change to existing law that is not germane to the subject of such bill.</p><p>The bill voids an entire law or joint resolution that has a title which addresses two or more unrelated subjects.&nbsp;For noncompliant provisions of a law or joint resolution, the bill voids the specific noncompliant provisions.&nbsp;For example, this includes appropriation provisions that are outside of&nbsp;the relevant subcommittee's jurisdiction.&nbsp;</p><p>Additionally, a person (individual or entity) who is aggrieved by the enforcement, or the attempted enforcement, of a law that passed without complying with this bill's requirements may sue the United States for appropriate relief.</p>","updateDate":"2026-04-06T19:17:55Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":504,"ts":"2026-04-19T10:52:08.620Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=One%20Subject%20at%20a%20Time%20Act"}]}}