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

1384 S. 2263 (Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session — F. Roosevelt)

To authorize per capita payments to the Seminole Indians in Oklahoma from funds standing to their credit in the Treasury.

Pocket veto occurred after the 1st session of the 75th Congress had adjourned sine die on August 21, 1937. The bill was presented to the President on August 21, 1937 (81 Cong. Rec. 9609; see also 81 Cong. Rec. 9615).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 292.

Congressional Record 81, 9609 (1937).

Congressional Record 81, 9615 (1937).

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