Signing Statement 2018-022

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Text of the Signing Statement from the White House website

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Statement by the President       

   LAW & JUSTICE       --     Issued on: December 21, 2018

 

Today, I have signed into law S. 756, the “First Step Act of 2018” (the “Act”).

A new 18 U.S.C. Section 3634(4)(C), added by section 101(a) of the Act, purports to require the Attorney General to submit to the Congress an annual report that includes discussion of legal authorities useful or necessary to achieve certain goals.  My Administration will treat this provision in a manner consistent with Article II, section 3 of the Constitution, which provides the President the discretion to recommend to the Congress only “such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”

 DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 21, 2018.

 

 


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Sources for the Signing Statement

  1. White House website
  2. PDF from GPO
  3. HTML text at GPO

Text of the Affected Law

S. 756, the First Step Act of 2018, has been deisgnated as Public Law number 115-391.

The text of S. 756 from the Government Printing Office (GPO) is available as follows:

1.  PDF downloaded from the GPO
2.  PDF on the GPO website
3.  Plain text from the GPO
4.  Enrolled text from the GPO