110 HJ 63 IH: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution U.S. House of Representatives 2007-11-13 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IA 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 63 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 13, 2007 Mr. English of Pennsylvania introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the President to disapprove or reduce items of appropriation.

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:  —

The President may reduce or disapprove any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution, except any item of appropriation for the legislative branch of the Government. If an Act or joint resolution is approved by the President, any item of appropriation contained therein which is not reduced or disapproved shall become law. The President shall return with his objections any item of appropriation reduced or disapproved to the House in which the Act or joint resolution containing such item originated. The Congress may, in the manner prescribed under section 7 of the article I for Acts disapproved by the President, reconsider any item disapproved or reduced under this article, except that only a majority vote of each House shall be required to approve an item which has been disapproved or to restore an item which has been reduced by the President to the original amount contained in the Act or joint resolution.

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