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Week Ending Friday, October 25, 2002
Contents:
Statement on Signing the Russian Democracy Act of 2002,
October 23, 2002
I have today signed into law H.R. 2121, the "Russian Democracy Act of 2002." This Act seeks to promote democracy, the rule of law, and an independent media in the Russian Federation.
Section 3(b) of the Act purports to establish U.S. policy towards Russia. My approval of the Act does not constitute my adoption of the statements of policy in section 3(b) as U.S. foreign policy. Given the Constitution’s commitment to the presidency of the authority to conduct the Nation’s foreign affairs, the executive branch shall construe such policy statements as advisory, giving them the due weight that comity between the legislative and executive branches should require, to the extent consistent with U.S. foreign policy.
George W. Bush
The White House,
October 23, 2002.
Note: H.R. 2121, approved October 23, was assigned Public Law No. 107-246.
Contents:
Chicago: George W. Bush, "Statement on Signing the Russian Democracy Act of 2002, October 23, 2002," Week Ending Friday, October 25, 2002 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 25, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002), 38:1839 Original Sources, accessed September 15, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TK6HJC3AWAQDQY3.
MLA: Bush, George W. "Statement on Signing the Russian Democracy Act of 2002, October 23, 2002." Week Ending Friday, October 25, 2002, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 25, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002), 38:1839, Original Sources. 15 Sep. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TK6HJC3AWAQDQY3.
Harvard: Bush, GW, 'Statement on Signing the Russian Democracy Act of 2002, October 23, 2002' in Week Ending Friday, October 25, 2002. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 25, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002), 38:1839. Original Sources, retrieved 15 September 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TK6HJC3AWAQDQY3.
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