[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 46 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 46

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
             allowing an item veto in appropriations Acts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

   Mr. Solomon introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
             allowing an item veto in appropriations Acts.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution, 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 to the States for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``The President may disapprove any item of appropriation in any 
bill or resolution presented to him, except any item of appropriation 
for the national defense of the United States, as determined by 
legislation enacted by the Congress. If a bill or resolution is 
approved by the President, any item of appropriation contained therein 
which is not disapproved shall become law. The President shall return 
with his objections any item of appropriation disapproved to the House 
in which the bill or resolution containing such item originated. The 
Congress may, in the manner prescribed under section 7 of article I for 
Acts disapproved by the President, reconsider any item of appropriation 
disapproved under this article.''.

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