    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [November 7, 2002]
    [Page 2051]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002
    November 7, 2002

        Today I have signed into law H.R. 4685, a bill to amend title 31,
    United States Code, to expand the types of Federal agencies that are
    required to prepare audited financial statements.
        The executive branch shall construe the terms ``agency,''
    ``executive agency,'' and ``covered executive agency'' as used in the
    legislation in a manner consistent with the separation of powers
    principles recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1992 in Franklin v.
    Massachusetts; the principle of construction relating to section 552 of
    title 5 set forth by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
    Columbia Circuit in 1993 in Meyer v. Bush; and the principle of
    construction relating to section 112 of title 3 set forth by the U.S.
    Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1995 in Haddon
    v. Walters.

                                                              George W. Bush

    The White House,

    November 7, 2002.

    Note: H.R. 4685, approved November 7, was assigned Public Law No. 107-
    289.