[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.