President Vetoes Udall Scholarship Fund
President Bush, citing constitutional problems with the legislation, Friday vetoed “with great regret” a federal scholarship fund named after former Rep. Morris K. Udall of Arizona.
The legislation would have set up a fund to award scholarships for excellence in environmental policy.
Bush said the board of trustees to oversee the fund would violate the Constitution by requiring that four of the nine members be appointed by Congress and one by the president of the University of Arizona.
Congress may not “reserve to itself the power to appoint those who execute the laws, nor may it vest such power in a person outside the federal government,” he said.
The President indicated that he would sign a measure “without constitutional defects” that would set up such a fund.
Bush said the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in Environmental Policy legislation is “a worthy cause and attempts to honor a respected public servant.”
Udall, 69, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, retired from the House in May after a 30-year career.
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