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In territorial government
All governors of the five permanently inhabited US territories have at least a package veto and a line-item veto. The first territorial governor to be granted line-item veto power was the governor of the Territory of Hawaii in 1902.

The veto powers of the governors of Guam and the US Virgin Islands are specified in the territory's organic law, enacted by the US Congress. The veto powers of the governors of Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are set forth in the territory's constitution.

In addition to these gubernatorial veto powers, Congress has expressly reserved the plenary power to nullify territorial legislation in some territories, although not in Puerto Rico. Some territories' organic laws formerly provided for a presidential veto over territorial legislation as well.

The governor of Puerto Rico has line-item and reduction veto powers in addition to the package veto, all of which can be overridden by a two-thirds majority of both houses of the legislature. The governor has had the line-item veto since 1917. The governor also has a pocket veto, which cannot be overridden.

The governor of Guam has a package veto power and a line-item veto power, both of which can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the legislature.

The governor of the US Virgin Islands has a package veto power and a line-item veto power. Both can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the legislature. The governor also has a pocket veto, which cannot be overridden. For a few years in the 1970s the line-item veto was also absolute, as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the existing statutory language did not allow for an override. However, the federal law was later amended to allow for an override.

The governor of the CNMI has a package veto and a line-item veto over appropriation bills. The line-item veto is limited to the appropriations themselves, and does not allow the governor to strike out other provisions.

The governor of American Samoa has package and line-item veto powers, which the legislature can override within 14 months of the veto date. If the legislature has overridden the governor's veto, the governor can choose to forward the bill to the Secretary of the Interior for review, at which point it will only become law if the secretary approves it within 90 days. Some Samoan legislators have criticized the secretarial veto provision as a throwback to colonial government, but referenda to remove it have been repeatedly defeated, most recently in 2018. Separately from these executive veto powers, the legislature has retained a legislative veto over certain long-term leases, which the High Court of American Samoa upheld as constitutional in 1987.