United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 16 (104th)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant the President line-item veto authority.
Introduced
12 January 1995
Last action
24 January 1995 · Committee
Status
Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property. Hearings held.
Sponsors
Rep. Brown, Hank [R-CO-4], Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO], Rep. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ-4], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Chuck Grassley, Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President line item veto power with respect to any item of spending authority in a bill (including any vote, resolution, or order that contains such item).
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Timeline
12 January 1995
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
12 January 1995
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
24 January 1995
Committee
Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, Property. Hearings held.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 January 1995 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 January 1995
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 January 1995
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 12 January 1995
Sponsors
- Rep. Brown, Hank [R-CO-4] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Chuck Grassley · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/16
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/sjres/16
- us · 104-sjres-16 · source updated 10 August 2026