[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 7, Chapters 22 - 25]
[Chapter 24. Bills, Resolutions, and Memorials]
[B. General Procedures Associated With Passage of Legislation]
[Â§ 16. Recalling Bills From the President]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 24
 
              Bills, Resolutions, Petitions, and Memorials
 
      B. GENERAL PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION
 
Sec. 16. Recalling Bills From the President

Recall by Concurrent Resolution

Sec. 16.1 The House agreed to a concurrent resolution requesting the 
    President to return an enrolled bill.

    On Feb. 5, 1932,(10) the House, by unanimous consent, 
considered and agreed to the following concurrent resolution (S. Con. 
Res. 13):
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10. 75 Cong. Rec. 3449, 72d Cong. lst Sess.
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        Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
    concurring), That the

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    President of the United States be, and is hereby, requested to 
    return to the Senate the enrolled bill (S. 2199) entitled ``An Act 
    exempting building and loan associations from being adjudged 
    bankrupts.''

Recalling for Reenrollment

Sec. 16.2 The House agreed to a concurrent resolution requesting the 
    President to return to the House an enrolled House joint 
    resolution, rescinding the signatures of the two presiding officers 
    and authorizing the Clerk of the House to reenroll it with 
    corrections.

    On July 26, 1956,(11) the House, by unanimous consent, 
considered and agreed to the following concurrent resolution (H. Con. 
Res. 271):
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11. 102 Cong. Rec. 14770, 84th Cong. 2d Sess. The Senate acted on this 
        resolution on July 26, 1956, 102 Cong. Rec. 14648. The 
        President returned the bill to the House on July 27, 1956, 102 
        Cong. Rec. 15178.
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        Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
    concurring), That the President of the United States is requested 
    to return to the House of Representatives the enrolled House joint 
    resolution (H.J. Res. 511). . . . If and when said resolution is 
    returned by the President, the action of the presiding officers of 
    the two Houses in signing said resolution shall be deemed 
    rescinded, and the Clerk of the House is authorized and directed, 
    in the enrollment of said resolution, to make the following 
    correction: On the last line of the enrolled resolution strike out 
    ``waived'' and insert ``reserved.''

Sec. 16.3 The House agreed to a concurrent resolution requesting the 
    President to return an enrolled bill, rescinding the action of the 
    Vice President and the Speaker in signing the bill, and directing 
    the Secretary of the Senate in the reenrollment of the bill to make 
    certain corrections.

    On Apr. 12, 1937,(12) the House, by unanimous consent, 
agreed to the following concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 8):
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12. 81 Cong. Rec. 3397, 75th Cong. lst Sess. The President returned 
        this bill to the Senate on Apr. 15, 1937, 81 Cong. Rec. 3497, 
        3498.
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        Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
    concurring), That the President of the United States be, and he is 
    hereby requested to return to the Senate the enrolled bill (S. 
    1455) . . . that if and when the said bill is returned by the 
    President, the action of the Speaker of the House of 
    Representatives and of the President pro tempore of the Senate in 
    signing the said bill be deemed to be rescinded; and that the 
    Secretary of the Senate be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, 
    in the reenrollment of the said bill, to make the following 
    correction, viz: In the language inserted by the engrossed

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    House amendment no. 4, on page 2, at the end of line 11 of the 
    engrossed bill, strike out the word ``lieutenant'' and insert the 
    words ``lieutenant colonel.''

Sec. 16.4 The House agreed to a concurrent resolution requesting the 
    President to return to the House an enrolled House bill, rescinding 
    the signatures of the two presiding officers, and directing the 
    Clerk to reenroll the bill to conform with a conference report 
    adopted by the two Houses.

    On Sept. 4, 1962,(13) the House, by unanimous consent, 
considered and agreed to the following concurrent resolution (H. Con. 
Res. 519):
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13. 108 Cong. Rec. 18405, 87th Cong. 2d Sess. The Senate concurred in 
        this resolution on Sept. 4, 1962, 108 Cong. Rec. 18482. The 
        President acceded to this request on Sept. 11, 1962, 108 Cong 
        Rec 19092.
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        Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
    concurring), That the President of the United States is requested 
    to return to the House of Representatives the enrolled bill (H.R. 
    10062) to extend the application of certain laws to American Samoa. 
    If and when said bill is returned by the President, the action of 
    the presiding officer of the two Houses in signing in said bill 
    shall be deemed rescinded; and the Clerk of the House is authorized 
    and directed to reenroll said bill in accordance with the 
    conference report therein adopted by the two Houses.

Recall and Postponement

Sec. 16.5 The House agreed to a concurrent resolution requesting the 
    President to return an enrolled bill, rescinding the action of the 
    two presiding officers in signing said bill, and postponing the 
    bill indefinitely.

    On May 13, 1953,(14) the House considered and agreed to 
the following concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 99):
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14. 99 Cong. Rec. 4895, 83d Cong. lst Sess. The Senate concurred in 
        this resolution on May 14, 1953, 99 Cong. Rec. 4915. The 
        President returned the bill on May 19, 1953, 99 Cong. Rec. 
        5139.
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        Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
    concurring), That the President of the United States is requested 
    to return to the House the enrolled bill (H.R. 1101) for the relief 
    of Daniel Robert Leary. If and when said bill is returned by the 
    President, the action of the Presiding Officers of the two Houses 
    in signing said bill shall be deemed rescinded, and the bill shall 
    be postponed indefinitely.

Recall and Return to Senate

Sec. 16.6 The Senate considered and postponed indefinitely a concurrent 
    resolution requesting the President to return to the House an 
    enrolled joint resolution, and

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    requesting the House to return the joint resolution to the Senate.

    On Jan. 10, 1952,(15) the Vice resident (16) 
laid before the Senate the following concurrent resolution (S. Con. 
Res. 53):
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15. 98 Cong. Rec. 71, 72, 82d Cong. 2d Sess.
16. Alben W. Barkley (Ky.).
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        Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
    concurring), That the President of the United States be, and he is 
    hereby, requested to return to the House of Representatives the 
    enrolled joint resolution (H. J. Res. 289) to terminate the state 
    of war between the United States and the Government of Germany; 
    that if and when returned the action of the Presiding Officers in 
    signing the joint resolution be rescinded, and that the House be 
    requested to return the engrossed joint resolution to the Senate.

    Action on the concurrent resolution was indefinitely postponed.

Message to Senate When Enrolled Bill Returned to House, Engrossment 
    Transmitted to Senate

Sec. 16.7 The House transmitted to the Senate an engrossed bill, the 
    enrolled bill having been returned to the House by the President 
    pursuant to a Senate concurrent resolution.

    On July 3, 1947,(17) the following message was recorded 
in the Record as having been received in the Senate from the House:
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17. 93 Cong. Rec. 8203, 80th Cong. lst Sess. S. Con. Res. 22 was 
        adopted by the Senate on June 30, 1947, 93 Cong. Rec. 7876. The 
        House concurred on July 1, 1947, 93 Cong. Rec. 8012. Following 
        a conference on the bill, the conference report was agreed to 
        in the Senate on July 25, 1947, 93 Cong. Rec. 10139, and in the 
        House on July 26, 1947, 93 Cong. Rec. 10494.
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        A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Maurer, one 
    of its reading clerks, informed the Senate that the President of 
    the United States having returned to the House of Representatives 
    the enrolled bill (H.R. 493) to amend section 4 of the act entitled 
    ``An act to control the possession, sale, transfer, and use of 
    pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia,'' 
    approved July 8, 1932 (sec. 22, 3204 D.C. Code, 1940 ed.),'' in 
    compliance with the request contained in Senate Concurrent 
    Resolution No. 22; and returned the engrossed copy of said bill to 
    the Senate.

Sec. 16.8 The President returned to the Senate an enrolled bill 
    pursuant to a request contained in a concurrent resolution adopted 
    by the two Houses.

    On June 13, 1960,(18) the Vice President laid before the 
Senate
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18. 106 Cong. Rec. 12370, 12371, 86th Cong. 2d Sess. S. Con. Res. 109 
        was adopted by the Senate on June 6, 1960, 106 Cong. Rec. 
        11905, and concured in by the House on June 7, 1960, 106 Cong. 
        Rec. 12009.
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the following message from the President of the United States:

    To the Senate of the United States:

        In compliance with the request contained in the resolution of 
    the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring therein), I 
    return herewith S. 1892 entitled ``An Act to authorize Secretary of 
    the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Norman 
    project, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.''
                                         Dwight D. Eisenhower,
                                                The White House,
                                                    June 11, 1960.

Sec. 16.9 The President returned to the House an enrolled bill pursuant 
    to a request contained in a concurrent resolution passed by the two 
    Houses.

    On July 3, 1947,(19) the Speaker (20) laid 
before the House the following message from the President of the United 
States:

19. 93 Cong. Rec. 8260, 80th Cong. lst Sess. See also Sec. 16.7, supra.
20. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Mass.).
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    To the House of Representatives:

        In compliance with the request contained in the resolution of 
    the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring therein), I 
    return herewith H.R. 493, an act to amend section 4 of the act 
    entitled ``An act to control the possession, sale, transfer, and 
    use of pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of 
    Columbia,'' approved July 8, 1932 (sec. 22, 3204 D.C. Code, 1940 
    ed.).
                                               Harry S Truman,
                                                The White House,
                                                     July 3, 1947.