John B. Breaux: “I think it is very clear it is a supplement to the existing language in section 7103. If you read our amendment it says…”

“I think it is very clear it is a supplement to the existing language in section 7103. If you read our amendment it says that: No agency or subdivision of an agency which is transferred to the Department pursuant to this Act shall be excluded from the coverage of chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, as a result of any order issued under section 7103(b)(1). Section 7103(b)(1) is the existing language setting out what the President has to do. Ours is added to that. So it doesn't replace the original 7103(b)(1). That is still intact. This is a supplement to that and is to be read in connection with both of them together. The President makes that determination and it is his decision. It is like a teacher giving a test and the teacher is grading the test. The President in this case is the teacher and he grades his own test. He makes that determination and they are both to be read together, so national security is still a part of it.”