Veto

Executive rejection of a legislative proposal or joint resolution submitted for legal approval. Should an executive reject a measure, it can attain legal status only if the House and Senate individually vote (by a two-thirds majority) to overturn the rejection. An alternative type of executive rejection – an indirect rejection – happens if the legislature has concluded its session and cannot reconvene, and the executive fails to approve the legislative proposal within the mandated ten-day timeframe (excluding Sundays).

Slip Law

The first release of a statute that has been enacted. Slip laws are accessible online within days following enactment via the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and are utilized until the statute is issued in a more enduring format. Public and private statutes are subsequently reprinted by number in the Statutes at Large, with public statutes later included in the U.S. Code.