Presentment Clause

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clause of the United States Constitution constitutional provision

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Presentment Clause canonical	3
Presentment Clause of the U.S. Constitution	1

Statements (48)

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	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

INS v. Chadha → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Presentment Clause ⓘ

Origination Clause → isRelatedTo → Presentment Clause ⓘ

Jagdish Rai Chadha → relatedTo → Presentment Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: INS v. Chadha

this entity surface form: Presentment Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Article I, Section 7 of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Presentment Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Clause 2 of Article I, Section 7 of the United States Constitution