[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 63 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 63

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
               allow an item veto of appropriation bills.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2005

  Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota 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 
               allow an item veto of appropriation bills.

    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 --

    ``The President may disapprove any item of appropriation in any 
bill. If any bill 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 containing 
such item originated. The Congress may, in the manner prescribed under 
section 7 of Article I for bills disapproved by the President, 
reconsider any item disapproved under this article.''.
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