Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations Acts.

Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President line item veto authority with respect to appropriations legislation, except for any item of appropriation for the national defense, as determined by legislation enacted by the Congress.

 
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HJ 29 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 29
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an
item veto in appropriations Acts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 1989
Mr. SOLOMON 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 allowing an
item veto in appropriations Acts.
  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, 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 to the
  States for ratification:
`Article--
  `The President may disapprove any item of appropriation in any bill or
  resolution presented to him, except any item of appropriation for the
  national defense of the United States, as determined by legislation enacted
  by the Congress. If a bill or resolution is approved by the President,
  any item of appropriation contained therein which is not disapproved
  shall become law. The President shall return with his objections any item
  of appropriation disapproved to the House in which the bill or resolution
  containing such item originated. The Congress may, in the manner prescribed
  under section 7 of article I for Acts disapproved by the President,
  reconsider any item of appropriation disapproved under this article.'.