United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 11 (99th)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the President to veto items of appropriation.
Introduced
3 January 1985
Last action
29 April 1985 · Referred
Status
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Justice Department.
Sponsors
Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA], Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY], Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Permits the President to disapprove any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution. Requires the President to return with his objections any disapproved item of appropriation to the House in which the bill originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceeding as other bills disapproved by the President.
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Timeline
3 January 1985
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
3 January 1985
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
29 April 1985
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Source: Committee
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Documents
1 official file
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 3 January 1985
Sponsors
- Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/11
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/sjres/11
- us · 99-sjres-11 · source updated 10 August 2026