[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5486 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5486

   To prevent the Executive from encroaching upon the Congressional 
           prerogative to make laws, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2006

 Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas (for herself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
  Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Watt, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
    Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Meeks of New York, and Mr. McDermott) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prevent the Executive from encroaching upon the Congressional 
           prerogative to make laws, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

    None of the funds made available to the Executive Office of the 
President, or to any Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of 
title 5 of the United States Code), from any source may be used to 
produce, publish, or disseminate any statement made by the President 
contemporaneously with the signing of any bill or joint resolution 
presented for signing by the President.

SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF ACTS OF CONGRESS.

    For purposes of construing or applying any Act enacted by the 
Congress, a Federal entity shall not take into consideration any 
statement made by the President contemporaneously with the President's 
signing of the bill or joint resolution that becomes such Act.
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