[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 7, Chapters 22 - 25]
[Chapter 24. Bills, Resolutions, and Memorials]
[C. Veto Powers]
[Â§ 23. Disposition of Vetoed Bills After Reconsideration]
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                               CHAPTER 24
 
              Bills, Resolutions, Petitions, and Memorials
 
                             C. VETO POWERS
 
Sec. 23. Disposition of Vetoed Bills After Reconsideration

    When a vetoed House bill is reconsidered and passed in the House, 
the House sends the bill and veto message to the Senate and informs 
that body that it passed by the constitutional two-thirds 
vote.(17) When the House fails to pass a bill over the 
President's veto, the bill and veto message are referred to committee, 
and the Senate is informed of the action of the House.(18)
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17. See Sec. 23.2, infra.
18. See Sec. 23.1, infra.
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     A bill enacted over a Presidential veto is sent by the Presiding 
Officer of the House which last considered it to the Administrator of 
General Services who receives it for deposit.(1)
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 1. 1 USC Sec. 106a (1970 ed.).
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Referral to Committee

Sec. 23.1 Where the House fails to override the President's veto, the 
    veto message and the bill are referred to the committee which 
    originally reported the bill.

    On Jan. 28, 1970,(2) the House considered overriding the 
President's veto of the bill (H.R. 13111) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare for fiscal year 
1970. The President's veto was sustained, two-thirds not having voted 
in favor of overriding it.
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 2. 116 Cong. Rec. 1552, 1553, 91st Cong. 2d Sess., Jan. 28, 1970. See 
        also 89 Cong. Rec. 7051-55, 78th Cong. 1st Sess., July 2, 1943.
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    The Speaker (3) then announced:
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 3. John W. McCormack (Mass.).
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        The message and the bill are referred to the Committee on 
    Appropriations.
        The Clerk will notify the Senate of the action of the House.

    Note: the form of message sent to the Senate in this situation is 
as follows:
    ``The House of Representatives having proceeded to reconsider the 
bill (H.R. ____) entitled . . . returned by the President of the United 
States with his objections, to the House of Representatives, in which 
it originated, it was Resolved, that the said bill do not pass, two-
thirds of the House of Representatives not agreeing to pass the same.''
    Similarly, on June 11, 1946,(4) the 
Speaker,(5) laid before the House the veto message of the 
President of the bill (H.R. 4908) to provide additional facilities for 
the
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 4. 92 Cong. Rec. 6774-78, 79th Cong. 2d Sess.
 5. Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
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mediation of labor disputes. The House sustained the President's veto 
and the Speaker ordered the bill and accompanying papers referred to 
the Committee on Labor.

Sec. 23.2 By message the House informed the Senate of the passage of a 
    bill in the House to reduce income taxes over the President's veto.

    On Apr. 2, 1948,(6) the following message from the House 
of Representatives was laid before the Senate:
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 6. 94 Cong. Rec. 4018, 80th Cong. 2d Sess.
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                                               In the House of
                                          Representatives, U.S.,
                                                    April 2, 1948.

        The House of Representatives having proceeded to reconsider the 
    bill (H.R. 4790) entitled ``An act to reduce individual income-tax 
    payments, and for other purposes,'' returned by the President of 
    the United States with his objections, to the House of 
    Representatives, in which it originated; it was
        ``Resolved, That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the House of 
    Representatives agreeing to pass the same.''
        Attest:
                                                   John Andrews,
                                                            Clerk.