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

1567 S. 3794 (Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session — F. Roosevelt)

For the relief of certain Navajo Indians.

Vetoed July 16, 1940. The veto message was laid before the Senate, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed as S. Doc. No. 262 (86 Cong. Rec. 9568).

Veto unchallenged.

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 325.

Relief of certain Navajo Indians -- veto message. Message from the President of the United States returning without approval the Bill (S. 3794) entitled, “An Act for the Relief of Certain Navajo Indians, and for Other Purposes.” (1940). Senate. 76th Congress, 3rd session. Senate Document No. 262 (Serial Set 10469). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 86, 9568 (1940).

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