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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
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