Signing Statement 2018-016

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Text of the Signing Statement from the White House website

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Statement by the President   

  FOREIGN POLICY    --     Issued on: October 26, 2018

 

Today, I have signed into law S. 1595, the “Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018” (the “Act”). Sections 101 and 201 purport to require the President to deny certain aliens entry into the United States, without a sufficient exception for the exercise of the President’s responsibility to receive ambassadors under Article II, section 3 of the Constitution. Section 104 purports to direct negotiations with foreign governments or to require the Executive to adopt a particular foreign policy. My Administration supports the diplomatic initiatives described in the Act but will treat these provisions in a manner consistent with the President’s exclusive constitutional authorities in the area of foreign relations.

 DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 25, 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. 1595, the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018, has been designated as Public Law 115-272.

The text of S. 1595 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