The Presentment Clause in Article I states:
Our first President understood the text of the Presentment Clause as requiring that he either "approve all the parts of a bill, or reject it in toto."
Article I, Section 7 (in the Presentment Clause) empowers the president to veto a law in its entirety, to sign it, or to do nothing.
This clause is known as the Presentment Clause.
The Presentment Clause (Article I, Section 7, cl.
Congress may not promulgate a statute granting to itself a legislative veto over actions of the executive branch inconsistent with the bicameralism principle and Presentment Clause of the United States Constitution.
Justice White argues in his dissent in Chadha that, under the Chadha ruling, 1544(c) would be a violation of the Presentment Clause.
(By the Presentment Clause of the Constitution, the identical bill must be passed both houses and be signed by the President to become law.)
The Presentment Clause requires any bill passed by Congress to be presented to the president before it can become law.
The U.S. Supreme Court later struck down the act on grounds that it violated the Presentment Clause.