Signing statements 288 on file, 2001 to 2025

What a president says about a bill at the moment of signing it, and which bill. Search by keyword, bill number, president or year.

288 statements on file. Showing 211–240, newest first.
Bill Statement President Issued
H.R. 1474 Statement on Signing the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act George W. Bush November 3, 2003
H.R. 2658 Statement on Signing the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 George W. Bush October 6, 2003
H.R. 2555 Statement on Signing the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 George W. Bush October 6, 2003
H.R. 2657 Statement on Signing the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 George W. Bush October 6, 2003
S. 1435 Statement on Signing the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 George W. Bush September 8, 2003
H.R. 1412 Statement on Signing the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 George W. Bush August 25, 2003
H.R. 2330 Statement on Signing the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 and the Accompanying Executive Order George W. Bush August 4, 2003
H.R. 2474 Statement on Signing Legislation To Provide Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships George W. Bush July 21, 2003
S. 1276 Statement on Signing the Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act George W. Bush July 7, 2003
S. 243 Statement on Signing Legislation Concerning Participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization George W. Bush June 2, 2003
S. 151 Statement on Signing the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 George W. Bush May 5, 2003
H.R. 1584 Statement on Signing the Clean Diamond Trade Act George W. Bush May 5, 2003
S. 380 Statement on Signing the Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003 George W. Bush April 28, 2003
H.J.Res. 2 Statement on Signing the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 George W. Bush February 24, 2003
H.R. 4664 Statement on Signing the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 George W. Bush December 23, 2002
H.R. 4883 Statement on Signing Legislation To Reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 and For Other Purposes George W. Bush December 23, 2002
H.R. 2458 Statement on Signing the E-Government Act of 2002 George W. Bush December 23, 2002
H.R. 4546 Statement on Signing the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 George W. Bush December 9, 2002
H.R. 5005 Statement on Signing the Homeland Security Act of 2002 George W. Bush December 2, 2002
H.R. 4628 Statement on Signing the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 George W. Bush December 2, 2002
S. 1214 Statement on Signing the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 George W. Bush December 2, 2002
H.R. 3801 Statement on Signing Legislation To Provide for Improvement of Federal Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and Dissemination, and for Other Purposes George W. Bush November 11, 2002
H.R. 2215 Statement on Signing the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act George W. Bush November 11, 2002
H.R. 4685 Statement on Signing the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 George W. Bush November 11, 2002
S. 1227 Statement on Signing the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Study Act George W. Bush November 4, 2002
H.R. 5651 Statement on Signing the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 George W. Bush November 4, 2002
H.R. 3295 Statement on Signing the Help America Vote Act of 2002 George W. Bush November 4, 2002
H.R. 5011 Statement on Signing the Military Construction Appropriation Act, 2003 George W. Bush October 28, 2002
H.R. 2121 Statement on Signing the Russian Democracy Act of 2002 George W. Bush October 28, 2002
H.R. 5010 Statement on Signing the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 George W. Bush October 28, 2002

A signing statement is issued as a bill becomes law, and often sets out how the president reads it or which parts they consider unenforceable. Each row links to the bill on the congressional side, where the votes that passed it are recorded. The statements come from GovInfo's compilation of presidential documents, which runs from 2001 forward.