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

2465 H.R. 3621 (One hundredth Congress, Second Session — Reagan)

To declare that certain lands located in California and held by the Secretary of the Interior are lands held in trust for the benefit of certain bands of Indians and to declare such lands to be part of the reservation with which they are contiguous.

Pocket veto occurred after the 2nd session of the 100th Congress adjourned sine die on October 22, 1988. The bill was presented to the President on October 21, 1988 (134 Cong. Rec. 33322). A Presidential message dated November 1, 1988, was received by Congress (1988 H. Jour., 2576; see also 24 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1426, November 7, 1988)

(Similar legislation enacted in 102 Stat. 2938; Public Law 100-581).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 508.

Congressional Record 134, 33322 (1988).

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States 2576 (1988). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Memorandum of disapproval for the Southern California Indian Land Transfer Act. 24 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1426-1427 (1988)

An act to establish procedures for review of tribal constitutions and bylaws or amendments thereto pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, 102 Stat. 2938 (1988).

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