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HJRES 23 107th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Congress Constitutional amendments Government Operations and Politics Item veto Law Legislation Line item veto Presidential powers

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow an item veto of appropriation bills.

Introduced: February 28, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 28, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 28, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President to disapprove any item of appropriation in any bill. Requires any item of appropriation contained in a bill approved by the President which is not disapproved to become law. Permits the Congress to reconsider any item so disapproved.
What's happening now March 9, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 11, 2002
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Oct 9, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 23: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow an item veto of appropriation bills.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HJRES-23/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 23: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow an item veto of appropriation bills.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HJRES-23/.
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H.J. Res. 23, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HJRES-23/.
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[H.J. Res. 23: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow an item veto of appropriation bills.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HJRES-23/)
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