[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 212 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 212

     To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
 provisions of S. 4 (the Line Item Veto Act), as passed by the House, 
  should apply to all fiscal year 1996 appropriation bills and to the 
            reconciliation bill required by H. Con. Res. 67.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1995

 Mr. Orton (for himself, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Condit, Mr. Rose, Mr. Hall of 
Texas, Mr. Minge, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Pete Geren 
of Texas, Mr. Browder, Ms. Danner, Mr. Baesler, Mr. McHale, Mr. Gordon, 
 Mr. Meehan, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Luther, Mr. Payne of Virginia, Mr. Gene 
Green of Texas, Mr. Holden, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Ward, Mr. 
   Deutsch, Mr. Parker, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
Chapman, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
    Roemer, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Volkmer, Mr. 
   Mascara, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
 Lincoln, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Menendez, 
  Mr. Costello, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Manton, Mr. 
  Pomeroy, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
Gibbons, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Doggett, Ms. McCarthy, Mr. Dooley, Mr. Cardin, 
 Mr. McNulty, Mr. Poshard, Ms. Harman, Mr. Clement, Mr. Ford, and Mr. 
 Barcia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
 provisions of S. 4 (the Line Item Veto Act), as passed by the House, 
  should apply to all fiscal year 1996 appropriation bills and to the 
            reconciliation bill required by H. Con. Res. 67.
    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE APPLICATION OF 
              S. 4 (THE LINE ITEM VETO ACT) TO FISCAL YEAR 1996 
              APPROPRIATIONS AND RECONCILIATION BILL.

    (a) Findings.--The House of Representatives finds that--
            (1) the line item veto was a major plank in the House of 
        Representatives majority's ``Contract With America'' and has 
        received strong bipartisan support in the 104th Congress;
            (2) the House of Representatives on February 6, 1995, 
        passed H.R. 2, the Line Item Veto Act, on a vote of 294-134;
            (3) the Senate on March 23, 1995, passed S. 4, the Separate 
        Enrollment and Line Item Veto Act of 1995, on a vote of 69-29;
            (4) the House of Representatives passed S. 4, with the text 
        of H.R. 2 inserted, by voice vote on May 17, 1995, 50 days 
        after passage by the Senate;
            (5) notwithstanding the failure of the House of 
        Representatives to request a conference, the Senate disagreed 
        with the House of Representatives amendments, requested a 
        conference and appointed conferees on S. 4 on June 20, 1995;
            (6) as of August 4, 1995, it has been 134 days since the 
        House of Representatives and the Senate have each passed a line 
        item veto bill and the Speaker has not yet moved to appoint 
        conferees;
            (7) with the passage of time it increasingly appears that 
        the Congress may pass and send to the President not only the 
        appropriation bills for fiscal year 1996 but also the 
        reconciliation bill required by H. Con. Res. 67 (the concurrent 
        resolution setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal 
        years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002) without 
        first passing and sending to the President a line item veto 
        bill;
            (8) the House of Representatives majority leadership has 
        repeatedly refused to apply line item veto to fiscal year 1996 
        appropriation bills on a bill-by-bill basis; and
            (9) the House of Representatives majority leadership has 
        publicly cast doubt on the prospects for a conference on S. 4 
        this year.
    (b) Sense of the House of Representatives.--It is the sense of the 
House of Representatives that--
            (1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives should move 
        to appoint conferees on S. 4 immediately, so that the House of 
        Representatives and Senate may resolve their differences on 
        this important legislation; and
            (2) no conference report on any appropriation bill or the 
        reconciliation bill required by H. Con. Res. 67 should be 
        considered by the House of Representatives unless--
                    (A) that conference report makes the provisions of 
                S. 4, as passed by the House, applicable to that bill; 
                or
                    (B) Congress has considered the conference report 
                on S. 4.
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