Presentment Clause

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The Presentment Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that outlines the process by which Congress passes legislation and presents it to the President for approval or veto.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
aimsTo prevent unilateral lawmaking by Congress without presidential participation ⓘ
promote separation of powers ⓘ
provide checks and balances between Congress and the President ⓘ
allows the President to veto a bill ⓘ
appliesTo bills passed by the House of Representatives ⓘ
bills passed by the Senate ⓘ
bindingOn President of the United States ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
citedAs U.S. Const. art. I, § 7 ⓘ
dateOfEffect 1789 ⓘ
defines when a bill becomes law without the President’s signature ⓘ
ensures executive participation in federal lawmaking ⓘ
establishes bicameralism and presentment requirements ⓘ
exempts questions of adjournment from presentment ⓘ
foundIn Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article I, Section 7 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
governs legislative process ⓘ
presentment of bills to the President ⓘ
presidential veto process ⓘ
procedures for congressional override of veto ⓘ
includes provisions on time limits for presidential action on bills ⓘ
rules for bills not returned by the President within ten days ⓘ
the pocket veto mechanism ⓘ
interpretedInCase Clinton v. City of New York ⓘ
INS v. Chadha ⓘ
The Pocket Veto Case ⓘ
Wright v. United States ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
limits Congress’s ability to alter the lawmaking process by statute ⓘ
partOf original text of the United States Constitution ⓘ
providesFor reconsideration of vetoed bills by Congress ⓘ
relatedTo Bicameralism Clause ⓘ
Separation of Powers doctrine ⓘ
Vesting Clause of Article I ⓘ
requires passage of a bill by both houses of Congress ⓘ
presentation of every bill to the President before it becomes law ⓘ
presidential signature for a bill to become law, absent veto override ⓘ
recording of presidential objections in the journal of the originating house ⓘ
that orders, resolutions, and votes needing concurrence of both houses be presented to the President ⓘ
the President to return a vetoed bill with objections to the originating house ⓘ
setsThreshold two-thirds vote in each house to override a presidential veto ⓘ
supportsPrinciple formal lawmaking procedures ⓘ
non-delegation of core legislative functions ⓘ
usedToInvalidate legislative veto mechanisms ⓘ
line-item veto at the federal level ⓘ

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Origination Clause → isRelatedTo → Presentment Clause ⓘ
INS v. Chadha → relatedTo → Presentment Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
subject linked to: Jagdish Rai Chadha
linked to: Presentment Clause
Clause 2 of Article I, Section 7 of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Presentment Clause ⓘ
The Pocket Veto Case → concerns → Presentment Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Presentment Clause
Wright v. United States → legalSubject → Presentment Clause ⓘ
Bicameralism Clause → relatedTo → Presentment Clause ⓘ
Vesting Clause of Article I → relatedTo → Presentment Clause ⓘ