Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any bill or joint resolution carrying more than one subject.

Bill: 113-hres-16
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider any bill or joint resolution that carries more than one subject.</p>

tv_txt: IV 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 16 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2013 Mr. Schweikert submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any bill or joint resolution carrying more than one subject.

That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: Restrictions on bills and joint resolutions 12. It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint resolution carrying more than one subject. .