An Act To give the President line item veto authority with respect to appropriations, new direct spending, and limited tax benefits.
Enacted by
the 104th United States Congress
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 104–130 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large
110 Stat. 1200
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as "Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1995" (S. 4) by Bob Dole (R-KS) on January 4, 1995
Committee consideration by Senate Governmental Affairs, Senate Budget
Passed the Senate on March 23, 1995 (69–29)
Passed the House on May 17, 1995 (Unanimous Consent)
Reported by the joint conference committee on March 21, 1996; agreed to by the Senate on March 27, 1996 (69–31) and by the House on March 28, 1996 (by H. Res. 391 232–177)
Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on April 9, 1996
United States Supreme Court cases
Clinton v. City of New York
The Line Item Veto Act Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 104–130 (text) (PDF) was a federal law of the United States that granted the President the power to line-item veto budget bills passed by Congress, but its effect was brief as the act was soon ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Clinton v. City of New York.[1]
^Philip G. Joyce, "The Federal Line Item Veto Experiment: After the Supreme Court Ruling, What's Next?." Public Budgeting & Finance 18.4 (1998): 3-21.
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