The bill was vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson, largely on technical grounds because it also covered wartime prohibition, but his veto was overridden by the House on the same day, October 27, 1919, and by the Senate one day later.
這個議案曾被總統伍德羅·威爾遜否決，主要是基於技術上的理由，因為它也涵蓋了戰時禁令，但他的否決在同一天的1919年10月27日被衆議院所推翻，而參議院在一天後也推翻否決。