For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 30, 2002
President Signs Niagara Falls Heritage Area Study Act
Statement by the President
I have signed into law S. 1227, the Niagara Falls National Heritage
Area Study Act. The Act requires the Secretary of the Interior to
study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Niagara Falls
National Heritage Area in the State of New York, along and in the
vicinity of the Niagara River.
Section 3(d) purports to require the Secretary of the Interior to
submit to the Congress recommendations related to legislation. The
executive branch shall construe this provision in a manner consistent
with the President's constitutional authority to submit for
consideration to the Congress legislative proposals as the President
judges are necessary and expedient.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 30, 2002.
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