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SJRES 16 104th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Authorization Constitutional amendments Entitlements Federally-guaranteed loans Government Operations and Politics Government insurance Item veto Law Presidential powers Public debt

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant the President line-item veto authority.

Introduced: January 12, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Jan 24, 1995
Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property. Hearings held.
Jan 12, 1995
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 12, 1995
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President line item veto power with respect to any item of spending authority in a bill (including any vote, resolution, or order that contains such item).

What's happening now January 24, 1995

Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property. Hearings held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 25, 1995
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 16: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant the President line-item veto authority.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-SJRES-16/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 16: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant the President line-item veto authority.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-SJRES-16/.
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S.J. Res. 16, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-SJRES-16/.
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[S.J. Res. 16: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant the President line-item veto authority.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-SJRES-16/)
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