[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.