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 (text) (PDF)
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 Pub. L. 104–130 (text) (PDF) was a federal law of the United States that granted the president the power to line-item veto budget bills passed by Congress. It was signed into law on April 9, 1996, but its effect was brief since it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court just over two years later, in Clinton v. City of New York.