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President Signs H.R. 6344, the "Office of National Drug Control Policy
Reauthorization Act of 2006"
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 29, 2006

President Signs H.R. 6344, the "Office of National Drug Control Policy
Reauthorization Act of 2006"




Today I have signed into law H.R. 6344, the "Office of National Drug
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006" (the "Act"). The Act amends the
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (Title
VII in Division C of Public Law 105-277) (the "1998 Act") and adjusts the
authorities and duties of the Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy.

The executive branch shall construe section 704(f)(5) of the 1998 Act, as
amended by section 103(e) of the Act, which prohibits taking certain action
if it is contrary to the expressed intent of the Congress, as referring to
action contrary to a law. The executive branch shall also construe
provisions of the Act that refer to submission of requests to the Congress
for reprogramming or transfer of funds, or to obtaining congressional
committee approval, such as sections 708(c)(6) and 709(b)(2) of the 1998
Act, as enacted by sections 401 and 501 of the Act, as requiring only
notification. Any other construction of these provisions would be
inconsistent with the constitutional principles enunciated by the Supreme
Court of the United States in INS v. Chadha.

The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act that purport to
authorize or require executive branch officials to submit legislative
recommendations to the Congress in a manner consistent with the
constitutional authority of the President to supervise the unitary
executive branch and to recommend for congressional consideration such
measures as the President shall judge necessary and expedient. Such
provisions include section 711(a)(4) of the 1998 Act as enacted by section
103(f) of the Act and sections 1103(2)(D) and 1110(c) of the Act.

The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act that concern the
making of reports or the submission of classified national security
information to the Congress in a manner consistent with the constitutional
authority of the President to supervise the unitary executive branch and to
withhold information the disclosure of which could impair foreign
relations, the national security, the deliberative processes of the
Executive, or the performance of the Executive's constitutional duties.
Such provisions include sections 704(c)(2)(A), 706, 711(a)(4), and
711(b)(4) of the 1998 Act, as enacted by sections 103(f), 105(b), and 201
of the Act, and sections 1104, 1109, and 1110 of the Act.

The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act, including
sections 704(c)(1)(C) and 704(c)(3)(C) of the 1998 Act, as enacted by
section 105 of the Act, that purport to regulate the content of executive
agency budget submissions to an officer within the executive branch in the
development of the President's annual budget submission, in a manner
consistent with the constitutional authority of the President to require
the written opinions of the principal officers of the executive departments
and to supervise the unitary executive branch.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 29, 2006.

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