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A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver that allows a president or other official with veto power to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action ("keeping it in their pocket" [1]), thus effectively killing the bill without affirmatively vetoing it. This depends on the laws of each country; the common alternative is that if the president ...
The bill was presented to the president on July 31, 1968. The pocket veto occurred during a recess from August 2, 1968, until September 4, 1968. October 14, 1968: Pocket vetoed H.R. 159, A bill to amend Title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to create an independent Federal Maritime Administration, and for other purposes. The bill was ...
The Pocket Veto Case (also known as Bands of the State of Washington v.United States and Okanogan, Methow, San Poelis, Nespelem, Colville, and Lake Indian Tribes v.United States), 279 U.S. 655 (1929), was a 1929 United States Supreme Court decision that interpreted the US Constitution's provisions on the pocket veto.
Under existing law, a governor has 20 days to sign or veto bills that were approved by legislators during the last three days of a session. Any bills the governor ignores are pocket vetoed.
The first state to adopt a line-item veto was Georgia, in 1861. [36] Pocket veto Any bill presented to a governor after a session has ended must be signed to become law. A governor can refuse to sign such a bill and it will expire. Such vetoes cannot be overridden. [35] The governors of 11 states and Puerto Rico have some form of pocket veto. [37]
A pocket veto is a veto that takes effect simply by the executive or head of state taking no action. In the United States, the pocket veto can only be exercised near the end of a legislative session; if the deadline for presidential action passes during the legislative session, the bill will simply become law. [20]
This "pocket veto"—so called because the President is then said to have put the bill in his pocket and forgotten about it—cannot be overridden by Congress, but once Congress reconvenes it can pass the same bill again. In addition, Congressional pro forma sessions may be used to prevent pocket vetoes. [1]
Veto sustained. The House sustained the veto on September 13, 2000 by a vote of 270 yeas to 158 nays. (146 Cong Rec. H7520). H.R. 2415: December 15, 2000 Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000 Pocket veto occurred after the 2d session of the 106th Congress adjourned sine die on December 15, 2000. The bill was presented to the President on December 7, 2000.