    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book II)]
    [November 21, 2005]
    [Page 1760]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on the National Flood Insurance Program
    November 21, 2005

    Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security

    Subject: National Flood Insurance Program

        I have reviewed your request for approval to issue notes to the
    Secretary of the Treasury in excess of $3.5 billion, but not to exceed
    $18.5 billion, for the National Flood Insurance Program and am hereby
    granting approval for you to do so.

                                                              George W. Bush