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View Resource S. 4: Line Item Veto Act (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)

Full text of a major piece of legislation recently signed into law by the President is available via the Internet. The "Line Item Veto Act" (PL 104-130) gives the President, for the first time in American history, the power to veto parts of bills. The HTML versions can be viewed by section.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/4/t...