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1407 H.R. 5753 (Seventy-fifth Congress, Third Session — F. Roosevelt)

Authorizes advance of the amounts due on delinquent homestead entries on certain Indian reservations.

Vetoed April 8, 1938. The veto message was laid before the House, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed as H.R. Doc. No. 582 (83 Cong. Rec. 5124).

Veto unchallenged.

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 296.

Veto message on H.R. 5753, a "Bill to Authorize Advance of the Amounts Due on Delinquent Homestead Entries on Certain Indian Reservations." Message from the President of the United States returning, without approval, H.R. 5753, entitle "An act to authorize advance of the amounts due to delinquent homestead entities on certain Indian reservations." (1938). House of Representatives. 75th Congress, 3rd session. House Document No. 582 (Serial Set 10265). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 83, 5124 (1938).

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