Donald Trump: Vetoed legislation, 2025-2026

President Donald Trump (R) has issued two vetoes during his second term.

Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution of the United States gives the president of the United States the ability to veto a bill passed by Congress. A veto prevents a bill from being enacted into law. A presidential veto can be overridden by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. When Congress overrides a veto, the bill becomes law without the president's approval.

Click. the following links to see legislation vetoed during previous presidencies:

• Joe Biden: Vetoed legislation
• Donald Trump: Vetoed legislation, 2017-2021
• Barack Obama: Vetoed legislation

HISTORICAL FACTS

President Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed 635 bills, the most of any president.

Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Q. Adams, William H. Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and James A. Garfield did not issue any vetoes.

Trump's vetoes

See also: U.S. presidents: Vetoed legislation

Trump has issued two vetoes during his second term.

• December 29, 2025:
  • H.R.131 - Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act.
  • H.R.504 - Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act.

Summary of Trump's vetoes

H.R.504 - Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act

On December 29, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) vetoed H.R.504 - Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act.

The bill would have expanded " the Miccosukee Reserved Area to include a portion of Everglades National Park in Florida that is known as Osceola Camp."

In his veto message, Trump said, "The previous administration developed a plan to protect and replace unauthorized infrastructure at the Osceola Camp, which could cost up to $14 million. But despite seeking funding and special treatment from the Federal Government, the Miccosukee Tribe has actively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected. My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding projects for special interests, especially those that are unaligned with my Administration’s policy of removing violent criminal illegal aliens from the country."

U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), who sponsored the bill in the House, spoke about the bill at the time of its passage in the House, saying, "The Osceola Camp is not only home to tribal members, but it is also a site of historical and cultural importance. [...] This bill is about fairness and conservation. It ensures the Miccosukee Tribe has the autonomy to protect their home, their land, and their way of life."

The House of Representatives passed the bill by voice vote on July 14, 2025, and the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent on December 11, 2025. Rep. Gimenez introduced the bill on January 16, 2025.

H.R.131 - Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act

On December 29, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) vetoed H.R.131 - Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act.

The bill would have reduced "payments that communities within the Arkansas River Valley must pay to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a pipeline in Colorado for delivering water from the Pueblo Reservoir to such communities."

In his veto message, Trump said, "H.R. 131 would continue the failed policies of the past by forcing Federal taxpayers to bear even more of the massive costs of a local water project — a local water project that, as initially conceived, was supposed to be paid for by the localities using it. Enough is enough. My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding expensive and unreliable policies. Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the fiscal health of the Nation."

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Co.), who sponsored the bill in the House, responded to the veto in a statement to Colorado’s 9News saying, "President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. If this administration wants to make its legacy blocking projects that deliver water to rural Americans; that's on them."

The House of Representatives passed the bill by voice vote on July 21, 2025, and the Senate passed the bill by voice vote on December 16, 2025. Rep. Boebert introduced the bill on January 3, 2025.

Presidential veto

Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution of the United States gives the president of the United States the ability to veto a bill passed by Congress. The president can issue a regular veto or a pocket veto.

• Regular veto: "The regular veto is a qualified negative veto. The President returns the unsigned legislation to the originating house of Congress within a 10 day period usually with a memorandum of disapproval or a 'veto message.' Congress can override the President’s decision if it musters the necessary two–thirds vote of each house."

• Pocket veto: "The pocket veto is an absolute veto that cannot be overridden. The veto becomes effective when the President fails to sign a bill after Congress has adjourned and is unable to override the veto. The authority of the pocket veto is derived from the Constitution’s Article I, section 7, 'the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case, it shall not be law.'"

Article I, Section 7

According to Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution of the United States,

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All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law. Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

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See also

• U.S. presidents: Vetoed legislation
• Joe Biden
• Donald Trump
• Barack Obama
• George W. Bush
• Bill Clinton
• George H.W. Bush
• Ronald Reagan

External links

• Constitution of the United States
• Official White House website

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