For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 19, 2003
Statement by the President
Today, I have signed into law S. 1683, the "Federal Law Enforcement
Pay and Benefits Parity Act of 2003." The Act provides for a report on
the pay and benefits of Federal law enforcement officers and for a
program of law enforcement officer exchanges between the Federal
Government and States or localities.
To the extent that section 2(b)(2) of the Act calls for submission
by the executive branch of legislative recommendations, the executive
branch shall implement the provision in a manner consistent with the
President's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive
branch and to submit for the consideration of the Congress such
measures as the President judges necessary and expedient.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 19, 2003.
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