For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 19, 2002
Statement by the President
Today I have signed into law H.R. 4883, an Act to reauthorize the
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes.
The executive branch shall construe sections 221(a)(4), 223(b), and
241(a)(2) of the Act as providing statutory bases for revocation of
commissions or removal from service that are separate from, in addition
to, and not in derogation of the President's constitutional authority
to remove officers of the United States. The executive branch also
shall construe sections 222 and 224 in a manner consistent with the
President's constitutional authority to nominate and appoint candidates
who are not the subject of recommendations under those sections.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 19, 2002.
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