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CHAPTER 24
Bills, Resolutions, Petitions, and Memorials
C. VETO POWERS
Sec. 23. Disposition of Vetoed Bills After Reconsideration
When a vetoed House bill is reconsidered and passed in the House,
the House sends the bill and veto message to the Senate and informs
that body that it passed by the constitutional two-thirds
vote.(17) When the House fails to pass a bill over the
President's veto, the bill and veto message are referred to committee,
and the Senate is informed of the action of the House.(18)
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17. See Sec. 23.2, infra.
18. See Sec. 23.1, infra.
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A bill enacted over a Presidential veto is sent by the Presiding
Officer of the House which last considered it to the Administrator of
General Services who receives it for deposit.(1)
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1. 1 USC Sec. 106a (1970 ed.).
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Referral to Committee
Sec. 23.1 Where the House fails to override the President's veto, the
veto message and the bill are referred to the committee which
originally reported the bill.
On Jan. 28, 1970,(2) the House considered overriding the
President's veto of the bill (H.R. 13111) making appropriations for the
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare for fiscal year
1970. The President's veto was sustained, two-thirds not having voted
in favor of overriding it.
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2. 116 Cong. Rec. 1552, 1553, 91st Cong. 2d Sess., Jan. 28, 1970. See
also 89 Cong. Rec. 7051-55, 78th Cong. 1st Sess., July 2, 1943.
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The Speaker (3) then announced:
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3. John W. McCormack (Mass.).
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The message and the bill are referred to the Committee on
Appropriations.
The Clerk will notify the Senate of the action of the House.
Note: the form of message sent to the Senate in this situation is
as follows:
``The House of Representatives having proceeded to reconsider the
bill (H.R. ____) entitled . . . returned by the President of the United
States with his objections, to the House of Representatives, in which
it originated, it was Resolved, that the said bill do not pass, two-
thirds of the House of Representatives not agreeing to pass the same.''
Similarly, on June 11, 1946,(4) the
Speaker,(5) laid before the House the veto message of the
President of the bill (H.R. 4908) to provide additional facilities for
the
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4. 92 Cong. Rec. 6774-78, 79th Cong. 2d Sess.
5. Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
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mediation of labor disputes. The House sustained the President's veto
and the Speaker ordered the bill and accompanying papers referred to
the Committee on Labor.
Sec. 23.2 By message the House informed the Senate of the passage of a
bill in the House to reduce income taxes over the President's veto.
On Apr. 2, 1948,(6) the following message from the House
of Representatives was laid before the Senate:
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6. 94 Cong. Rec. 4018, 80th Cong. 2d Sess.
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In the House of
Representatives, U.S.,
April 2, 1948.
The House of Representatives having proceeded to reconsider the
bill (H.R. 4790) entitled ``An act to reduce individual income-tax
payments, and for other purposes,'' returned by the President of
the United States with his objections, to the House of
Representatives, in which it originated; it was
``Resolved, That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the House of
Representatives agreeing to pass the same.''
Attest:
John Andrews,
Clerk.