[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 20 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 20

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                     authorize the line item veto.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 1999

   Mr. Andrews 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 to 
                     authorize the line item veto.

    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 seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``In the case of any bill, order, resolution, or vote which is 
presented to the President under section 7 of Article I of this 
Constitution, the President may decline to approve in whole any dollar 
amount of discretionary budget authority, any item of new direct 
spending, or any limited tax benefit. The failure of the President to 
approve a matter under this article of amendment shall be treated in 
the same manner as the failure of the President to approve a bill, 
order, resolution, or vote presented to the President under section 7 
of Article I of this Constitution.''.
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