PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · SJRES

S.J.Res. 178 (98th)

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the President to veto items of appropriation.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

5 October 1983

Last action

Status

Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1131.

Sponsors

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

10 August 2026

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Permits the President to reduce or veto any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution, except an item of appropriation for the legislative branch or the judicial branch. Requires the President to return with his objections any item of appropriation reduced or vetoed to the House in which the bill originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceeding as other bills disapproved by the President.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.