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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide certain line item veto authority to the President.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide certain line item veto authority to the President.
Summary
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would give the President authority to reduce appropriations in bills before signing them into law, a power commonly referred to as a line-item veto. The President would be required to notify Congress within 10 days of making any such reduction. Congress could disapprove of a reduction if two-thirds of both the House and Senate vote to do so within a specified timeframe, which would restore the appropriation to its original amount. The amendment would take effect upon ratification by three-fourths of the states within seven years of its submission.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Tom Mcclintock’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SOVEREIGN NATION $21,650
- NOT PROVIDED $14,100
- TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE SUPPORT, INC. $10,700
- NULL $10,350
- CEN-CAL FIRE SYSTEMS, INC. $6,600
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Actions (2)
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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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. In approving and signing a bill or joint resolution 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. “Section 2. If the President reduces an appropriation under 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 section 1.”. <all>
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