3.0.0 3731 2023-01-12T17:52:27Z 2023-01-12T17:52:27Z Senate S S 2006-07-26 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-26T16:53:33Z 2006-07-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-07-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8271-8272) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N Congress Congressional legal counsel Congressional-executive relations Constitutional law Government Operations and Politics Judicial opinions Judicial review Law Legislation Legislative resolutions Parties to actions Presidential powers Senate State courts Supreme Court Congress 00 2006-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-05T20:38:32Z Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2006 - Prohibits any state or federal court from relying on or deferring to a presidential signing statement as a source of authority when determining the meaning of any Act of Congress.

Provides that: (1) any U.S. court, upon the filing of an appropriate pleading by the Senate, through its Office of Senate Legal Counsel, and/or the House of Representatives, through its Office of General Counsel, may declare the legality of any presidential signing statement, whether or not further relief is or could be sought; and (2) any such declaration shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree and shall be reviewable as such.

Amends federal law to provide for congressional intervention in any action, suit, or proceeding in the Supreme Court involving the construction or constitutionality of any Act of Congress for which a presidential signing statement was issued, including passage of a concurrent resolution declaring the view of Congress on the proper interpretation of the Act at issue.

]]> Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2006 Display Title Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to regulate the judicial use of presidential signing statements in the interpretation of Acts of Congress. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3731is/xml/BILLS-109s3731is.xml 2006-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.