I forbid: Presidential vetoes and America Indian affairs, 1789-2000

1097 H.R. 16985 (Seventieth Congress, Second Session — Coolidge)

Authorizing the Uintah, Uncompaghre, and the White River Bands of the Ute Indians in Utah and Colorado, and the Southern Ute and the Ute Mountain Bands of Indians in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, to sue in the Court of Claims.

Pocket veto occurred after the 2nd session of the 70th Congress had adjourned sine die on March 3, 1929. The bill was presented to the President on March 2, 1929 (70 Cong. Rec. 5098).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 237.

Congressional Record 70, 5098 (1929).

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