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HR 3228 105th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Budget surpluses Federal budgets Item veto Line item veto Public debt

To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to add the requirement that if Federal budget is in surplus then the vetoed item shall be used to reduce the public debt.

Introduced: February 12, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Feb 12, 1998
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to authorize the President to use the line item veto if the President determines that a cancellation will reduce the Federal budget deficit (current law) or, if the budget is in surplus, be used to reduce the public debt.

What's happening now February 12, 1998

Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 12, 1998
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 12, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3228: To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to add the requirement that if Federal budget is in surplus then the vetoed item shall be used to reduce the public debt.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3228/
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"H.R. 3228: To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to add the requirement that if Federal budget is in surplus then the vetoed item shall be used to reduce the public debt.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3228/.
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H.R. 3228, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3228/.
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[H.R. 3228: To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to add the requirement that if Federal budget is in surplus then the vetoed item shall be used to reduce the public debt.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3228/)
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