2345 H.R. 5465 (Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session — Ford)
To allow federal employment preference to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and to certain employees of the Indian Health Service, who are not entitled to the benefits of, or who have been adversely affected by the application of, certain federal laws allowing employment preference to Indians.
Vetoed September 24, 1976. The veto message was laid before the House, referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, and printed as H. Doc. 94-624 (122 Cong. Rec. 32490).
Veto unchallenged.
Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 480.
Veto of act providing special retirement benefits to certain non-Indian employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the
Indian Health Service. Message from the President of the United States vetoing H.R. 5465, An act to provide additional retirement
benefits for certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service who are not entitled to Indian
preference, to provide greater opportunity for advancement and employment of Indians, and for other purposes.
(1976). Senate. 94th Congress, 2nd session. Senate Document No. 624 (Serial Set 13145). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
Congressional Record 122, 32490 (1976).
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