joint resolution

noun

Updated on: 15 Apr 2018

Definition of joint resolution

: a resolution passed by both houses of a legislative body that has the force of law when signed by or passed over the veto of the executive

Recent Examples of joint resolution from the Web

Alaska lawmakers have also introduced joint resolutions urging Congress to overturn the Federal Communication Commission's decision to end net neutrality protections.

— annie zak, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska lawmakers, following other states, consider bills to keep net neutrality," 16 Mar. 2018
The grassy knoll, Umbrella Man, LBJ and Ted Cruz’s dad ] On Jan. 6, 1965, Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) and Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) introduced joint resolutions to create an amendment laying out a transfer of power.

— petula dvorak, Washington Post, "Trump and the 25th Amendment: Why it was written and what it can’t do," 11 Jan. 2018
Senators from both parties are preparing a joint resolution barring US involvement in and support for the Saudi war in Yemen, in which more than 10,000 civilians have been killed.

— taylor luck, The Christian Science Monitor, "For Saudi crown prince, US visit falls on bad times, and good," 16 Mar. 2018
Under some scenarios, a 123 agreement can enter into force after 60 days unless Congress adopts a joint resolution disapproving it, according to the Congressional Research Service.

— jennifer a dlouhy, Bloomberg.com, "Saudis Enlist Washington Lobbyists in Bid for Nuclear Plants," 9 Mar. 2018
And both bodies of Congress would have to pass a joint resolution approving any unilateral trade action.

— leigh ann caldwell, NBC News, "Congressional Republicans threaten action over Trump’s tariffs," 8 Mar. 2018
And then there are others who say that, no, the time limit was written into the joint resolution in Congress itself and that's final; the time limit is over.

— lillian cunningham, Washington Post, "The Constitutional podcast finale: ‘Ourselves and our posterity’," 12 Feb. 2018
In 2013, representatives from Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Greenland released a joint resolution urging their governments to ban circumcision in young boys when there is no medical reason for it.

— christina caron, New York Times, "Bill Banning Circumcision in Iceland Alarms Religious Groups," 28 Feb. 2018
The Congressional Review Act of 1996 established a procedure through which Congress could override regulatory rules (e.g., the repeal of net neutrality) issued by federal agencies (in this case the FCC) by passing a joint resolution of disapproval.

— monique judge, The Root, "#NetNeutrality: Senate Democrats Use Congressional Review Act to Force Vote on Overturning FCC Repeal," 8 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of joint resolution

1838

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Law Dictionary

joint resolution

noun

legal Definition of joint resolution

: a resolution passed by both houses of a legislative body that has the force of law when signed by or passed over the veto of the executive — compare concurrent resolution