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HJRES 8 100th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Constitution and constitutional amendments Constitutional amendments Item veto Presidential powers Presidents and Vice Presidents

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations bills.

Introduced: January 6, 1987 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Feb 10, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
Jan 6, 1987
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Jan 6, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the House in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceedings as other bills disapproved by the President.

What's happening now February 10, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jun 10, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 8: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations bills.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-8/
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"H.J. Res. 8: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations bills.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-8/.
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H.J. Res. 8, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-8/.
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[H.J. Res. 8: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations bills.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HJRES-8/)
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