[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 34 (Monday, August 25, 2003)]
[Pages 1081-1082]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on Signing the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for 
Students Act of 2003

August 18, 2003

    Today, I have signed into law H.R. 1412, the ``Higher Education 
Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003.'' This Act permits the 
Secretary of Education to waive or modify Federal student financial 
assistance program requirements to help students and their families or 
academic institutions affected by a war, other military operation, or 
national

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emergency. The executive branch shall construe section 2(c) in a manner 
consistent with the President's authority under the Recommendations 
Clause of the Constitution to submit for the consideration of the 
Congress such measures as the President shall judge necessary or 
expedient.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 August 18, 2003.

Note: H.R. 1412, approved August 18, was assigned Public Law No. 108-76.