[19970812]97-773_Citations to Provisions in 1997 Reconciliation Acts Canceled Under the Line Item Veto Act.pdf

97-773 Gov August 12, 1997 Citations to Provisions in 1997 Reconciliation Acts Canceled Under the Line Item Veto Act Robert Keith Specialist in American National Government Government Division Background The Line Item Veto Act was enacted into law on April 9, 1996 (Public Law 104-130, 110 Sfaf. 1200-1212) and became effective on January 1, 1997 The main procedures under the act were incorporated into the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended, as a new Part C of Title X (Sections 102 1- 1027) The act authorizes the President to cancel any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, any item of new direct spending, or any limited tax benefit in an act if such cancellation wiU reduce the ddcit, not impair any essential government functions, and not hann the national interest. The President may exercise this authority only within five days of signing an act into law. Ifhe chooses to line-item veto any provisions in an act, he must so notify Congress in a special message. Each cancellation must be separately identified by its own reference number. Congress may consider, under expedited procedures set forth in the act, special legislation to disapprove