Mr. Speaker. on June 23. 1983. the Supreme Court in the case of INS against Chadha held unconstitutional the authority of one House of Congress to reverse the Attorney Generals suspension of deportation orders. The Court subsequently held similar legislative vetoes unconstitutional in the FERC natural gas case and in the FTC used car rule case. Since that time. Congress has been scrambling to put this Humpty Dumpty check on executive actions back together again. In some instances we have reamended existing laws having unconstitutional one- or twoHouse legislative vetoes by changing them to joint resolutions of approval or disapproval in conformance with the Courts dictum that any such actions must take the form of legislation and be submitted to the President for his signature or veto.
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