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Every bill passed in conformity to the rules of the Osage Nation Congress shall be presented to the Principal Chief. If approved, the Principal Chief shall sign it and notify the Congress of that fact. If a bill is vetoed by the Principal Chief, it shall be returned with objections to the Osage Nation Congress. The objections shall be entered in the journal. If, after reconsideration, at least three-fourths (3/4) or nine (9) members of Congress vote to pass the bill, it shall become law. Any bill not returned by the Principal Chief within five (5) days, Sundays and holidays excepted, after it is presented becomes a law as if signed by the Principal Chief. Any bill passed during the last three (3) days of a session may be presented to the Principal Chief during the three (3) days following the day of final adjournment, and the Principal Chief may sign or not sign. If not signed, the bill does not become law.

If a bill presented to the Principal Chief contains several items of appropriation of money, he may veto one or more of the items while approving the bill. At the time the bill is signed, the Principal Chief shall append to it a statement of the items vetoed, and the vetoed items shall not take effect. If the legislature is in session, he shall transmit to Congress a copy of the statement, and the items vetoed shall be separately reconsidered. If on reconsideration, any item is approved by three fourths (3/4) of the members elected to Congress, it is a part of the law notwithstanding the objections.

Laws passed by the legislature become effective sixty (60) days after enactment. The Osage Nation Congress may, by concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership, provide for another effective date.