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handle is hein.crs/govdano0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Resarh Service Presidential Objections to Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery Reporting Requirements May 12, 2020 President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act or Act) on March 27, 2020. But when doing so, he issued a signing statement identifying his constitutional concerns with provisions that he viewed as either infringing on executive power or exceeding the powers of Congress. Notwithstanding the President's statement, the identified provisions have the force and effect of law as the CARES Act was approved by the House and Senate and signed by the President in accord with the Constitution's finely wrought process of lawmaking. A signing statement does not, and constitutionally cannot, amount to a veto of specific provisions in an enrolled bill. Despite their lack of direct legal force, signing statements are frequently employed to announce a President's interpretation of statutory language or to object to specific provisions that the President feels conflict with the executive branch's conception of the Constitution. Signing statements can, therefore, signal how a law may be administered in the future, so long as the President directs executive branch officials to implement the contested provisions in accordance with the President's, rather than Congress's wishes. President Trump's signing statement made a number of constitutional objections, all of which related to congressional involvement in or oversight of new CARES Act authorities. One that may be of particular interest to Congress relates to a requirement that the newly-established Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR)-tasked with overseeing the distribution of funds provided under the law- notify Congress of agency refusals to comply with SIGPR requests for information. This is not the first presidential objection to a provision that requires inspectors general to report directly to Congress, but the statement is nonetheless likely to impact not only the practical relationship between Congress and the new SIGPR, but also the larger constitutional struggle over the various tools Congress may use to supplement its oversight of executive branch activities. SIGPR Reporting Requirements The CARES Act established the SIGPR within the Treasury Department and directs the office to oversee-through audits and investigations-loans, investments, and other programs undertaken by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Act. SIGPR is then to issue various reports, including quarterly Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov LSB10463 CRS LegM Sideba Prepaimed for Mernbei-s and Com mittees 4 o. C- --q s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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