[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S10518]
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      By Mr. TALENT (for himself, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Coleman):
  S.J. Res. 25. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States to authorize the President to reduce 
or disapprove any appropriation any bill present by Congress; to the 
Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. TALENT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the joint resolution be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the joint resolution was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 25

       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 by the Congress:

                              ``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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