    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book I)]
    [March 9, 2006]
    [Pages 430-431]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act
    of 2005
    March 9, 2006

        Today, I have signed into law H.R. 3199, the ``USA PATRIOT
    Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005,'' and then S. 2271, the
    ``USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006.'' The
    bills will help us continue to fight terrorism effectively and to combat
    the use of the illegal drug methamphetamine that is ruining too many
    lives.
        The executive branch shall construe the provisions of H.R. 3199 that
    call for furnishing information to entities outside the executive
    branch, such as sections 106A and 119, in a manner consistent with the
    President's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive
    branch and to withhold information the disclosure of which could impair
    foreign relations, national security, the deliberative processes of the
    Executive, or the performance of the Executive's constitutional duties.
        The executive branch shall construe section 756(e)(2) of H.R. 3199,
    which calls for an executive branch official to submit to the Congress
    recommendations for legislative action, in a manner consistent with the
    President's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive
    branch and to recommend for the consideration of the Congress such
    measures as he judges necessary and expedient.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

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     March 9, 2006.