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A bill to provide that each item of any general or special appropriation bill and any bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations that is agreed to by both…

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A bill to provide that each item of any general or special appropriation bill and any bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations that is agreed to by both Houses of the Congress in the same form shall be enrolled as a separate bill or joint resolution for presentation to the President.

Introduced: January 3, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 22 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 1985
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
Jul 24, 1985
Third cloture motion not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-40. Record Vote No: 158.
Jul 24, 1985
Motion to proceed to consideration of the bill considered in Senate.
Jul 23, 1985
Second cloture motion not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57-41. Record Vote No: 157.
Jul 23, 1985
Motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill considered in Senate.
Jul 22, 1985
Third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to consideration of S.43 presented in Senate.
Jul 22, 1985
Motion to proceed to consideration of the bill considered in Senate.
Jul 19, 1985
Second cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate.
Jul 19, 1985
Motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill considered in Senate.
Jul 18, 1985
Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57-42. Record Vote No: 156.
Jul 18, 1985
Motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill considered in Senate.
Jul 17, 1985
Motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill considered in Senate.
Jul 16, 1985
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill presented in Senate.
Jul 16, 1985
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
Jun 27, 1985
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 209.
Jun 27, 1985
Committee on Rules. Reported to Senate by Senator Mathias unfavorably without amendment. With written report No. 99-92. Additional views filed.
Jun 20, 1985
Committee on Rules. Ordered to be reported without amendment unfavorably.
Jun 20, 1985
Committee on Rules. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-68.
May 20, 1985
Committee on Rules. Hearings held.
May 14, 1985
Committee on Rules. Hearings held.
Jan 3, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules.
Jan 3, 1985
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 531 — To require the President to submit a balanced budget for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1986. Pending —
SAMDT 530 — To provide that each provision of a measure to which the bill applies that does not appropriate or otherwise … Pending —
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Provides that each item of any general or special appropriation bill and any bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations that is agreed to in the same form by both Houses of the Congress shall be enrolled as a separate bill or joint resolution for presentation to the President (line-item veto).

What's happening now July 24, 1985

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 5, 1985
 R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Feb 5, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 43: A bill to provide that each item of any general or special appropriation bill and any bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations that is agreed to by both Houses of the Congress in the same form shall be enrolled as a separate bill or joint resolution for presentation to the President.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-43/
MLA
"S. 43: A bill to provide that each item of any general or special appropriation bill and any bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations that is agreed to by both Houses of the Congress in the same form shall be enrolled as a separate bill or joint resolution for presentation to the President.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-43/.
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S. 43, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-43/.
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[S. 43: A bill to provide that each item of any general or special appropriation bill and any bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations that is agreed to by both Houses of the Congress in the same form shall be enrolled as a separate bill or joint resolution for presentation to the President.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-43/)
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