    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [October 30, 2002]
    [Page 1932]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Study Act
    October 30, 2002

        I have signed into law S. 1227, the Niagara Falls National Heritage
    Area Study Act. The Act requires the Secretary of the Interior to study
    the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Niagara Falls
    National Heritage Area in the State of New York, along and in the
    vicinity of the Niagara River.
        Section 3(d) purports to require the Secretary of the Interior to
    submit to the Congress recommendations related to legislation. The
    executive branch shall construe this provision in a manner consistent
    with the President's constitutional authority to submit for
    consideration to the Congress legislative proposals as the President
    judges are necessary and expedient.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     October 30, 2002.

    Note: S. 1227, approved October 30, was assigned Public Law No. 107-256.