[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1214 Referral Instructions Senate (RIS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1214

 To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to eliminate the requirement 
that a Federal budget deficit must exist in order for the President to 
                   use the line-item veto authority.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 1997

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred jointly pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, as modified 
  by the order of April 11, 1986, to the Committees on the Budget and 
Governmental Affairs, with instructions that if one Committee reports, 
    the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to eliminate the requirement 
that a Federal budget deficit must exist in order for the President to 
                   use the line-item veto authority.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1021(a)(3)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking clause (i) and by redesignating clauses (ii) and 
(iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively.
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