Line Item Veto Act of 1996

Line Item Veto Act

Long title	An Act To give the President line item veto authority with respect to appropriations, new direct spending, and limited tax benefits.
Enacted by	the 104th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub.L. 104–130
Statutes at Large	110 Stat. 1200
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as "Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1995" (S. 4) by Bob Dole (R-KS) on January 4, 1995 Committee consideration by Senate Governmental Affairs, Senate Budget Passed the Senate on March 23, 1995 (69–29) Passed the House on May 17, 1995 (Unanimous Consent) Reported by the joint conference committee on March 21, 1996; agreed to by the Senate on March 27, 1996 (69–31) and by the House on March 28, 1996 (by H. Res. 391 232–177) Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on April 9, 1996
United States Supreme Court cases
Clinton v. City of New York

The Line Item Veto Act of 1996 Pub.L. 104–130 enacted a line-item veto for the Federal government of the United States, but its effect was brief due to judicial review.

The bill was introduced by Senator Bob Dole on January 4, 1995, cosponsored by Senator John McCain and 29 other senators. Related House Bills included H.R. 147, H.R. 391, H.R. 2,H.R. 27 and H.R. 3136. The bill was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on April 9, 1996.

It was immediately challenged in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by a group of six senators, first among whom was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), where it was declared unconstitutional by District Judge Harry Jackson, a Reagan appointee, on April 10, 1997. The case was subsequently remanded by the Supreme Court of the United States with instructions to dismiss on the grounds that the senators had not suffered sufficient, particularized injury to maintain suit under Article III of the United States Constitution (i.e., the senators lacked standing). The case, Raines v. Byrd, 521 U.S. 811 (1997), was handed down on June 26, 1997, and did not include a judgment on the constitutional grounds of the law.

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