For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 3, 2003
Statement on S. 189
Statement by the President
Today, I have signed S. 189, the "21st Century Nanotechnology
Research and Development Act." The Act authorizes appropriations for
research in nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research
and other related activities.
Several provisions of the Act, including sections 2(d)(2), 3(c)(1),
4(d), and 5(d), purport to call for executive branch officials to
submit to the Congress proposals for legislation, including funding
legislation. The executive branch shall implement these provisions 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 the President judges
necessary and expedient.
The executive branch shall construe section 2(b)(4)(E) of the Act
in a manner consistent with the Government's obligation under the Due
Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution to ensure
equal protection of the laws.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 3, 2003.
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