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President's Statement on H.R. 1268
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 11, 2005

President's Statement on H.R. 1268




Today, I have signed into law H.R. 1268, the "Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami
Relief Act, 2005" (the "Act"). The Act provides funds for ongoing military
and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and selected other
international activities, including tsunami relief and reconstruction. The
Act supports new benefits for service members who have suffered traumatic
injury and for survivors of fallen service members. The Act also provides
additional border enforcement resources, which will strengthen the Nation's
ability to prevent foreign terrorists from operating in the United States.

The executive branch shall construe subsection 1025(d) of the Act, which
purports to determine the command relationships among certain elements of
the U.S. Navy forces, as advisory, as any other construction would conflict
with the President's constitutional authority as Commander in Chief.

Provisions of the Act, such as sections 2104 and 6024, purport to require
congressional committee approval prior to certain obligations or
expenditures of funds appropriated by the Act. The executive branch shall
construe such provisions to require only prior notification to
congressional committees, as any other construction would be contrary to
the constitutional principles set forth by the Supreme Court of the United
States in 1983 in INS v. Chadha.

Section 6025 purports to regulate the content of the President's annual
budget submission, which is a proposal for enactment of legislation to
appropriate funds. In addition, section 301 calls for submission of
legislative recommendations by an executive branch official to the
Congress. The executive branch shall construe these and any other similar
provisions in a manner consistent with the Constitution's commitment to the
President of exclusive authority to supervise the unitary executive branch
and to recommend for the consideration of the Congress such measures as the
President shall judge necessary and expedient.

Several provisions of the Act, including sections 6041, 6042, 6043, 6052,
6053, 6069, 6070, 6071, and 6072 make specified changes in statements of
managers of the House Senate conference committees that accompanied various
bills reported from conference that ultimately became laws. As with other
committee materials, statements of managers accompanying a conference
report do not have the force of law. Accordingly, although changes to these
statements are directed by the terms of the Act, the statements themselves
are not legally binding.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 11, 2005.

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