The actual headline is more accurate: 'Barack Obama calls for stronger data privacy laws' (at the time that I'm writing this it is 'Obama to beef up laws on pri

The actual headline is more accurate: 'Barack Obama calls for stronger data privacy laws' (at the time that I'm writing this it is 'Obama to beef up laws on privacy and data breaches'). The President of the United States is not able to 'beef up' federal laws; he can execute the ones that exist and call for new ones to be passed.