For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 18, 2003
Animal Drug User Fee Act of 2003
Statement by the President
Today, I have signed into law S. 313, the "Animal Drug User Fee Act
of 2003." The Act is designed to expedite the animal drug development
process, while continuing to ensure the safety and effectiveness of
animal drugs.
Section 4(a) of the Act purports to require the Secretary of Health
and Human Services to submit legislative recommenda-tions to the
Congress and to establish procedures by which the Secretary must
formulate such recommendations. The legislative power does not extend
to requiring the Executive submit legislative recommendations to the
Congress nor to specifying procedures by which the Executive must
formulate any legislative recommendations that the Executive makes.
The executive branch shall execute section 4(a) in a manner consistent
with the Constitution's exclusive commitments to the President of the
authority to submit for the consideration of the Congress such measures
as he judges necessary and expedient and the authority to supervise the
unitary executive branch.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 18, 2003.
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