    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book II)]
    [October 17, 2006]
    [Pages 1862-1863]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage
    Wilderness Act
    October 17, 2006

        Today, I have signed into law H.R. 233, the ``Northern California
    Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act.'' The Act strengthens protection
    of certain lands in California.
        Section 4(i)(2) of the Act purports to give binding legal effect to
    guidelines in an appendix to a report issued by a congressional
    committee, which was not incorporated into the Act and for which
    presentment was not made. Consistent with the bicameral approval and
    presentment requirements of the Constitution for the making of a law,
    the executive branch shall, in carrying out the Act, take appropriate
    account of the guidelines as a matter of comity between the executive
    and legislative branches.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     October 17, 2006.

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    Note: H.R. 233, approved October 17, was assigned Public Law No. 109-
    362.