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

1814 H.R. 2675 (Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session — Truman)

Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment in any and all claims which the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Indians of the Flathead Reservation of Montana may have against the United States.

Vetoed June 28, 1946. The veto message was laid before the House, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed as H.R. Doc. No. 685 (92 Cong. Rec. 7998-7999).

Veto unchallenged

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 371.

Claims of certain Indian tribes. Message from the President of the United States returning without approval the Bill (H.R. 2678) conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and render judgment in any and all claims which the confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes of Indians of the Flathead Reservation in Montana, or any tribe or band thereof, may have against the United States, and for the other purposes. (1946). House of Representatives. 79th Congress, 1st session. House Document No. 685 (Serial Set 11056). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 92, 7998-7999 (1946).

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