Florida SCR 7064 – Federal Budget Line Item Veto

• Florida Legislature applies to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call a constitutional convention limited solely to proposing an amendment granting the President line-item veto power to eliminate one or more appropriation items while signing the remainder of a bill into law
• Notes the national debt has surpassed $34 trillion as of 2024 and the federal budget has not been balanced for decades, citing insufficient presidential authority over the budgetary process
• References the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, which was used 82 times by the president before the U.S. Supreme Court struck it down as unconstitutional in 1998, necessitating a constitutional amendment to restore such authority
• The application remains in continuous effect until at least two-thirds of state legislatures submit applications on the same subject, as required by Article V to trigger a convention call
• Includes a self-revocation clause that automatically nullifies the resolution retroactively if it is used to support a constitutional convention with any agenda beyond the single purpose of proposing a presidential line-item veto amendment