[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 71 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 71

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 authorize the President to reduce or disapprove any appropriation in 
                    any bill presented by Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 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 
 authorize the President to reduce or disapprove any appropriation in 
                    any bill presented by Congress.

    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 --

    ``Section 1. The President may reduce or disapprove any 
appropriation in any bill, order, resolution, or vote, which is 
presented to the President under section 7 of Article I.
    ``Section 2. Any legislation that the President approves and signs, 
after being amended pursuant to section 1, shall become law as so 
modified.
    ``The President shall return those portions of the legislation that 
contain reduced or disapproved appropriations with objections to the 
House where such legislation originated.
    ``Congress may separately consider any reduced or disapproved 
appropriations in the manner prescribed under section 7 of Article I 
for bills disapproved by the President.
    ``Section 3. This article shall take effect on the first day of the 
first session of Congress beginning after the date of ratification.''.
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