119-hjres8

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide certain line item veto authority to the President.

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Introduced:
Jan 3, 2025
Policy Area:
Economics and Public Finance

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Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 3, 2025 00
<p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that authorizes the President to use a line item veto to reduce an appropriation in a bill or joint resolution. </p> <p>Under the amendment, the President must notify Congress within 10 days of using this authority to reduce an appropriation. The House and Senate may then consider disapproval of the reduction. </p> <p>If at least two-thirds of each chamber of Congress votes to disapprove the reduction, the amount of the appropriation that is subject to the reduction must be returned to the amount that was originally presented to the President. </p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 3, 2025

Subjects (6)

Appropriations Congressional-executive branch relations Constitution and constitutional amendments Economics and Public Finance (Policy Area) Legislative rules and procedure Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

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Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 3, 2025

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Length: 2,205 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 3, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:28 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 8 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 8

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
provide certain line item veto authority to the President.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. McClintock (for himself and Mr. Weber of Texas) submitted 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 to
provide certain line item veto authority to the President.

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 for ratification:

``Article--

``
Section 1.
that is presented under
section 7 of article I, the President may reduce an appropriation in such bill or joint resolution, and such bill or joint resolution shall become law with such reduction incorporated.
reduce an appropriation in such bill or joint resolution, and such bill
or joint resolution shall become law with such reduction incorporated.
``
Section 2.
section 1 of this article-- `` (1) not later than 10 days after the date of such reduction, the President shall notify the House of Representatives and the Senate of such reduction; `` (2) the House of Representatives and the Senate may consider disapproval of such reduction; and `` (3) if two-thirds of each House votes to disapprove of such reduction, the amount of the appropriation in law subject to such reduction shall be treated as returned to the amount originally presented to the President under
``

(1) not later than 10 days after the date of such
reduction, the President shall notify the House of
Representatives and the Senate of such reduction;
``

(2) the House of Representatives and the Senate may
consider disapproval of such reduction; and
``

(3) if two-thirds of each House votes to disapprove of
such reduction, the amount of the appropriation in law subject
to such reduction shall be treated as returned to the amount
originally presented to the President under
section 1.
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