[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 91 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 91

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
 authorizing the President to veto an item of appropriation in any Act 
                 or resolution containing such an item.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1993

 Mr. Franks of Connecticut 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 
 authorizing the President to veto an item of appropriation in any Act 
                 or resolution containing such an item.

    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 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 7 years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The President may disapprove an item of appropriation 
in any Act or resolution presented by the Congress, except as provided 
in section 2.
    ``Section 2. The President may not disapprove under section 1 an 
item of appropriation for the operations of the judicial branch of the 
Federal Government.
    ``Section 3. Following disapproval under this article of an item of 
appropriation, the President shall return such item with objections to 
the House in which the bill or resolution containing such item 
originated.
    ``Section 4. Following the return of an item of appropriation, the 
Congress may reconsider the item in the manner prescribed under section 
7 of article I of the Constitution for bills disapproved by the 
President.''.

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