Signing statements 1,278 on file, 1993 to 2025

What a president says about a bill at the moment of signing it, and which bill: 672 written statements and 606 sets of remarks made at a signing. Search by keyword, president or year.

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Bill Statement President Issued
S. 2943 Statement on Signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Barack Obama December 23, 2016
H.R. 6452 Statement on Signing the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act Barack Obama December 16, 2016
S. 612 Statement on Signing the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act Barack Obama December 16, 2016
H.R. 34 Remarks on Signing the 21st Century Cures Act Remarks on Signing Barack Obama December 13, 2016
S. 246 Statement on Signing the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act Barack Obama October 14, 2016
H.R. 4875 Statement on Signing the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 Barack Obama July 22, 2016
S. 524 Statement on Signing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 Barack Obama July 22, 2016
S. 337 +1 Remarks on Signing the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 and the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act Remarks on Signing Barack Obama June 30, 2016
H.R. 2576 Remarks on Signing the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act Remarks on Signing Barack Obama June 22, 2016
S. 1890 Remarks on Signing the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama May 11, 2016
H.R. 644 Statement on Signing the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 Barack Obama February 24, 2016
H.R. 644 Remarks on Signing the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama February 24, 2016
H.R. 1428 Remarks on Signing the Judicial Redress Act of 2015 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama February 24, 2016
— Statement on the Signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Barack Obama February 3, 2016
S. 1177 Remarks on Signing the Every Student Succeeds Act Remarks on Signing Barack Obama December 10, 2015
S. 1356 Statement on Signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Barack Obama November 25, 2015
H.R. 1314 Remarks on Signing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama November 2, 2015
H.R. 1138 Remarks on Signing the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act Remarks on Signing Barack Obama August 7, 2015
H.R. 3236 Remarks on Signing the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama July 31, 2015
— Remarks on Signing Proclamations Establishing the Basin and Range National Monument, the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, and the Waco Mammoth National Monument Remarks on Signing Barack Obama July 10, 2015
H.R. 1295 +1 Remarks on Signing the Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act and the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama June 29, 2015
S. 665 Remarks on Signing the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama May 19, 2015
S. 535 Remarks on Signing the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama April 30, 2015
H.R. 2 Remarks on Signing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama April 16, 2015
— Statement on Signing an Executive Order Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities Statement on Signing Barack Obama April 1, 2015
S.J.Res. 8 Remarks on Signing a Memorandum of Disapproval Regarding Legislation Concerning the National Labor Relations Board Rule on Representation Case Procedures Remarks on Signing Barack Obama March 31, 2015
— Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on a Student Aid Bill of Rights To Help Ensure Affordable Loan Repayment Remarks on Signing Barack Obama March 10, 2015
— Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing in Stanford, California Remarks on Signing Barack Obama February 13, 2015
H.R. 203 Remarks on Signing the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act Remarks on Signing Barack Obama February 12, 2015
— Statement on Signing an Executive Order Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine Statement on Signing Barack Obama December 19, 2014

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 1993 forward.