    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book II)]
    [December 29, 2006]
    [Pages 2226-2227]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing the Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Reauthorization Act of 2006
    December 29, 2006

        Today I have signed into law H.R. 6344, the ``Office of National
    Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006'' (the ``Act''). The Act
    amends the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of
    1998 (Title VII in Division C of Public Law 105-277) (the ``1998 Act'')
    and adjusts the authorities and duties of the Director of the Office of
    National Drug Control Policy.
        The executive branch shall construe section 704(f)(5) of the 1998
    Act, as amended by section 103(e) of the Act, which prohibits taking
    certain action if it is contrary to the expressed intent of the
    Congress, as referring to action contrary to a law.

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    The executive branch shall also construe provisions of the Act that
    refer to submission of requests to the Congress for reprogramming or
    transfer of funds, or to obtaining congressional committee approval,
    such as sections 708(c)(6) and 709(b)(2) of the 1998 Act, as enacted by
    sections 401 and 501 of the Act, as requiring only notification. Any
    other construction of these provisions would be inconsistent with the
    constitutional principles enunciated by the Supreme Court of the United
    States in INS v. Chadha.
        The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act that
    purport to authorize or require executive branch officials to submit
    legislative recommendations to the Congress in a manner consistent with
    the constitutional authority of the President to supervise the unitary
    executive branch and to recommend for congressional consideration such
    measures as the President shall judge necessary and expedient. Such
    provisions include section 711(a)(4) of the 1998 Act as enacted by
    section 103(f) of the Act and sections 1103(2)(D) and 1110(c) of the
    Act.
        The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act that
    concern the making of reports or the submission of classified national
    security information to the Congress in a manner consistent with the
    constitutional authority of the President to supervise the unitary
    executive branch and to withhold information the disclosure of which
    could impair foreign relations, the national security, the deliberative
    processes of the Executive, or the performance of the Executive's
    constitutional duties. Such provisions include sections 704(c)(2)(A),
    706, 711(a)(4), and 711(b)(4) of the 1998 Act, as enacted by sections
    103(f), 105(b), and 201 of the Act, and sections 1104, 1109, and 1110 of
    the Act.
        The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act, including
    sections 704(c)(1)(C) and 704(c)(3)(C) of the 1998 Act, as enacted by
    section 105 of the Act, that purport to regulate the content of
    executive agency budget submissions to an officer within the executive
    branch in the development of the President's annual budget submission,
    in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the
    President to require the written opinions of the principal officers of
    the executive departments and to supervise the unitary executive branch.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     December 29, 2006.

    Note: H.R. 6344, approved December 29, was assigned Public Law No. 109-
    469. An original was not available for verification of the content of
    this statement.