Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to authorize the President to reduce or disapprove any appropriation or authorization of new direct spending in any bill presented by Congress.

        [Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 77 Introduced in House (IH)]

109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 77

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
authorize the President to reduce or disapprove any appropriation or
authorization of new direct spending in any bill presented by Congress.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 8, 2006

Mr. Stearns introduced the following joint resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
authorize the President to reduce or disapprove any appropriation or
authorization of new direct spending in any bill presented by Congress.

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. The President may reduce or disapprove any
appropriation or authorization of new direct spending in any bill,
order, resolution, or vote, which is presented to the President under
section 7 of Article I.
``Section 2. Any legislation that the President approves and signs,
after being amended pursuant to section 1, shall become law as so
modified.
``The President shall return those portions of the legislation that
contain reduced or disapproved appropriations or disapproved
authorization of new direct spending with objections to the House where
such legislation originated.
``Congress may separately consider any reduced or disapproved
appropriations or disapproved authorization of new direct spending in
the manner prescribed under section 7 of Article I for bills
disapproved by the President.
``Section 3. This article shall take effect on the first day of the
first session of Congress beginning after the date of ratification.''.
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